[Insight-developers] OPEN ACCESS: NIH Public Access Policy : Request for Information

[Luis Ibanez]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-060.html


Summary

With this notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requests input from the
community regarding the NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to
Archived Publications Resulting From NIH-Funded Research (NIH Public
Access Policy).


Complete and detailed information about the law at Division G, Title II,
Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008), the
NIH Public Access Policy, and implementation procedures issued to date
are available at


              http://publicaccess.nih.gov/index.htm.


This request for information (RFI) seeks input on the Public Access
Policy as described on the above website.

This RFI will be active


                  from   March 31, 2008
                    to    May 31, 2008

on

           http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm.


The NIH will post analysis and results from this RFI for public
view onto http://publicaccess.nih.gov by September 30, 2008.




Request for Information:

Via this RFI, NIH is seeking information from the public, including
all stakeholders, about the NIH Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-05-022
available at

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html),

as revised by the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (NOT-OD-08-033
available at

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html)

to incorporate requirements in PL 110-161, and the responses to
frequently asked questions available at:

http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#content.

NIH will consider all comments and suggestions regarding the Public
Access Policy. Among other issues, the NIH is particularly interested
in information about the following:

     * Do you have recommendations for alternative
       implementation approaches to those already
       reflected in the NIH Public Access Policy?

     * In light of the change in law that makes NIH’s
       public access policy mandatory, do you have
       recommendations for monitoring and ensuring
       compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy?

     * In addition to the information already posted at
       http://publicaccess.nih.gov/communications.htm,
       what additional information, training or
       communications related to the NIH Public Access Policy
       would be helpful to you?


As suggested above, previous comments have focused on such issues as
copyright, the length of time before articles are made publicly
available, and on NIH’s training materials, and we anticipate that
comments would continue to address these issues.


Individuals, groups, and organizations interested in responding may do
so in their discretion at the following NIH Web site:

            http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm.

In voluntarily providing information, respondents are consenting to its
use and consideration by the NIH. The following identifying information
will be made publicly available on the internet along with the
information submitted by that commenter: Name (first and last), Degree
(if provided), Affiliation, City, State, Country and Role. Roles are
defined as: NIH-funded Investigator; Representative of University and
Other NIH Awardee Organizations; Publisher (including Commercial
Organizations, Professional Societies and Journal Editors); Patient or
Representative of a Public Health Advocacy Organization; Other Member of
the Public; Other (not listed above). If respondents provide information
through alternative means, the entire submission will be made public.
NIH will not post responses that are not related to the Public Access
Policy or are otherwise inappropriate or offensive.

Report and Response: The NIH will analyze all submissions collected
through this RFI, along with comments collected before and during the
March 20th meeting. The NIH will report its analysis by September 30,
2008. This report will be made available at

                 http://publicaccess.nih.gov.


Inquiries

Contact Person for Information: Questions concerning this RFI may be
addressed to: Neil M. Thakur, Ph.D., Special Assistant to the NIH Deputy
Director for Extramural Research, Building 1, Room 134, Bethesda, MD
20892, Telephone 301-496-1096, Fax 301-402-3469,
PublicAccessComments at NIH.gov. Note that this facility is not intended to
collect RFI responses. Please submit RFI responses via
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm.