Medical Library ASsociation - Recommendations and Comments Submitted to the National Academy of Sciences Re: Public Access to Federally-Supported Research and Development Data and Publications
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Summary:
Use the link to access the full text statement opening as follows: "The recommendations and comments below are submitted on behalf of the membership of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL). We welcome the opportunity to provide input on plans to accomplish the goal set forth in the OSTP memo of February 22, 2013 to increase access to the results of federally funded scientific research.
We offer the following four recommendations:1. Agencies whose funding primarily supports health-related research should replicate the successful National Institutes of Health (NIH) model already in place by mandating deposit of publications arising from their funded research into PubMed Central (PMC) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ . These agencies include, but are not limited to, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian Health Service, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration.2. Other agencies that provide a smaller percentage of their funding for research on health-related topics should consider utilizing PMC as a centralized digital repository for health-related publications arising
from their funded research. This will ensure that all federally funded health-related publications are accessible through a single public repository. These agencies include, but are not limited to, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Agriculture. 3. Deposit of articles arising from taxpayer-funded research into a designated public repository should be mandatory, not voluntary. 4. Other federal agencies impacted by the OSTP directive are encouraged to examine the PMC model as
a solution for developing a centralized repository ..."