Fwd: [SPARC-IR] Share your views on public access: New phase

[Stevan Harnad <harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk>]

Begin forwarded message:
From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer--arl.org
Date: January 3, 2010 10:54:35 AM EST (CA)
To: SPARC Open Access Forum <SPARC-OAForum@arl.org>
Subject: [SPARC-IR] Share your views on public access: New phase

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 
now invites your input on the *management* of policies to deliver 
public access to the published results of taxpayer-funded 
research, to be submitted to the online discussion no later than 
January 7, 2010. *All* are urged to respond to this pivotal 
opportunity and to encourage researchers, students, and others to 
weigh in. Your input will be critical in helping the 
administration to form a deep and balanced view of stakeholders' 
interest in ensuring public access to publicly funded research.

The questions before us now are:

-- Compliance. What features does a public access policy need to 
ensure compliance? Should this vary across agencies?

-- Evaluation. How should an agency determine whether a public 
access policy is successful? What measures could agencies use to 
gauge whether there is increased return on federal investment 
gained by expanded access?

-- Roles. How might a public private partnership promote robust 
management of a public access policy? Are there examples already 
in use that may serve as models? What is the best role for the 
Federal government?

(See the full post at 
http://blog.ostp.gov/2010/01/01/policy-forum-on-public-access-to-federally-funded-research-management/)

This is the last of the three announced phases of the online 
discussion. The first two phases focused on public access policy 
implementation as well as on features and technology. From 
January 8 to 21, the online discussion will revisit in more 
detail aspects of the conversation that warrant deeper 
exploration. To participate, visit the Public Access Policy blog 
at http://blog.ostp.gov/category/public-access-policy.  Comments 
emailed to publicaccess@ostp.gov are also accepted, but will 
still be posted to the blog by the moderator.

General comments, addressing any part of the Request for 
Information, may be submitted to the Federal Register no later 
than January 21. See the full notice at 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-29322.htm for details.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss, please 
contact SPARC.

Heather Joseph, Executive Director
heather -- arl.org

Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications
jennifer -- arl.org

We'll look forward to talking with you, and to working with you 
on this tremendous opportunity for higher education and American 
public.

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Jennifer McLennan
Director of Communications
SPARC