[CASL-L] Petition the White House to Open Access to taxpayer-funded research

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

Please give your voice to this petition.


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[District Dispatch] Petition the White House to Open Access to taxpayer-funded 
research
 
 
From:District Dispatch [mailto:districtdispatch at alawash.org] 
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:15 PM
To: Jaclyn Finneke
Subject: [District Dispatch] Petition the White House to Open Access to 
taxpayer-funded research
 
 
 
Who:
You! And anyone you know who supports libraries and supports increasing access 
to information - especially research that you (the public) helped fund.
What:
A petition is posted at "We the People" asking the White House to require the 
published results of taxpayer-funded research be made available via the Internet 
(without having to pay an additional fee to access the research).
When: 
Now! 25,000 signatures must be secured by June 19 to ensure the White House will 
respond.
Where:
Go to wh.gov/6TH electronically sign the petition. It's that easy!
Why:
Why not?! The petition asks the White House to build upon the tremendously 
successful National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy implemented 
more than four years ago and now has 500,000 users accessing and downloading two 
million articles a day.
But wait, there's more! The petition's request to the White House essentially 
mirrors active legislation - the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012 
(FRPAA) (S. 2096, H.R. 4004) - that would extend the NIH model to make available 
taxpayer-funded research of an additional 11 federal departments and agencies! 
Increased access would allow librarians the ability to better assist patrons 
with their information and research needs as well as allow direct access by the 
public.
Please spread the word by forwarding, posting and tweeting (#openaccess), etc.!
Corey Williams
Associate Director, Office of Government Relations
American Library Association 
         
 
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