Act now! Support the bipartisan Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) (Right to Research Coalition)

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-08-20

Summary:

“Students! Act now to support the bipartisan Federal Research Public Access Act (S. 2096, H.R. 4004).  This important legislation would provide students - and the rest of the public - with unprecedented free and timely access to all articles resulting from federally funded research... The Research Works Act, a piece of legislation introduced in December that would ban the government from providing the public access to publicly funded research, has galvanized the research community into acting against practices that restrict access to research articles... With reinvigorated support from the research community and attention from the mainstream media, now is the time to push for this groundbreaking legislation and let Congress know that students - and the rest of the public - deserve access to the research which they paid for and upon which their education depends... [1] Write your legislators, via the Right to Research Action Center
A letter of support is the best way to influence your legislators to support and co-sponsor FRPAA if they haven't already... [2] Even if you're not in their districts, it's important to thank FRPAA's introducing sponsors to let them know there is a large community of support behind the bill... [3] Taking the time for an in-person visit to the office of one of your legislators is an especially effective was to demonstrate your support for FRPAA...[4] Tell your friends and professors about FRPAA...[5] Sign the ATA Petition in support of FRPAA... [6] Like the Right to Research Coalition Facebook page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter... [7] Tweet at or post of the Facebook wall of your legislators to ask them to support and co-sponsor FRPAA... [8] Write a letter to the editor or op-ed for your campus or local newspaper... [9] Make a brief, 5-minute presentation on FRPAA and what students can do to support it at student group meetings... [10] Add a "Support FRPAA" banner to your or your organization's website...”

Link:

http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/FRPAA2012.shtml

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.mandates oa.usa oa.frpaa oa.legislation oa.negative oa.rwa oa.nih oa.advocacy oa.signatures oa.petitions oa.copyright oa.students oa.policies

Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

08/20/2012, 15:07

Date published:

02/14/2012, 15:06