[nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar - Open Access and the UD Federal Government

[Bonnie Lawlor]

The State of Open Access in the U.S. Federal Government: What Content
Providers and Librarians Need to Know.

 

On February 22, 2013 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP) took a bold step toward making more government information available
to the public for free (see the full text of the memo at:
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_a
ccess_memo_2013.pdf>
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_ac
cess_memo_2013.pdf).  

 

The memorandum introduced a new policy framework that will make the results
of research that is supported by federal government investments, both the
publications and the data itself, freely-available after a defined embargo
period. The policy affects federal agencies and departments that spend $100
million or more annually on the "conduct of research" and Agencies had to
submit their initial plans for review in August 2013. The big question is
how this policy and the Agency responses will impact publishing and
information discovery moving forward.

 

On October 9, 2013 NFAIS will hold a 90-minute webinar (11:00am - 12:30pm
EDST) to look at how members of the Information Community can work together
to meet the OSTP requirements. Database producers, journal publishers,
librarians, and government agency staff have always worked side by side,
albeit from different perspectives but with the same objective - to ensure
the flow of scientific and scholarly communication. Now we all need to
understand the ways in which the policies will impact us, not only as
individual groups, but also in how we work together towards our common goal.

 

This webinar will provide a broad overview of the current state of Open
Access in the federal government and will touch upon some of the specific
strategies that are already being developed by the publishing and academic
library communities to influence the Agency policies. The objective is to
bring everyone up-to-date on where the response to the OSTP memorandum
stands today and what opportunities are offered for involvement as the
policies are implemented.

 

Our featured speaker will be Richard Huffine. Richard spent 15 years as a
librarian in the federal government, working for federal science agencies.
He recently left government service to join ProQuest as their new Senior
Director for the federal government market. Richard has participated in
coordination efforts such as those lead by CENDI as well as in policy
efforts like the E-Government Act. He was working to support a public access
framework prior to leaving the federal government. 

 

If you or your staff want to get to get up to speed on the state of Open
Access in the Federal Government and how this will impact your organization,
register for the NFAIS webinar today.  NFAIS members pay $125, Sister
Society members pay $150 and non-members pay $195.  Three or more staff from
NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $295. The
group fee for three or more staff from any Sister Society is $350, and from
a non-member organization is $450. The registration form can be accessed at:
<http://nfais.org/event?eventID=528> http://nfais.org/event?eventID=528.

 

For more information contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and
Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
<mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org> mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to
<http://www.nfais.org/> http://www.nfais.org/.

 

 

 

 

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