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NIH Public Access Mandate: Helping Investigators Comply
Michele Shipley, MLSAssistant Director of Digital & Branch LibrariesEG Miner LibraryUniversity of Rochester Medical Center
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Outline
University of Rochester History of scholarly publishing initiatives at
Rochester Implementing the NIH Public Access
mandate Faculty concerns
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University of Rochester
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Scholarly Publishing Initiatives
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Scholarly Publishing Initiatives
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Scholarly Publishing InitiativesCommittee on Scientific Publishing in
the Digital Age Appointed by Dean, School Medicine &
Dentistry in 2005 Charge:
Develop institutional direction in response to current issues in scientific publishing
Develop guidelines to facilitate compliance with NIH Public Access policy
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NIH Public Access MandateThe NIH Public Access Policy implements Division G,
Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008). The law states:
“The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.”
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Implementing the NIH Mandate
Establish responsibility for compliance Provide copyright management assistance Raise awareness Provide training Develop PMC submission service Answer questions
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Responsibility for Compliance
University and PI share responsibility for compliance but…
Copyright management is strictly between faculty authors and publishers
University does not regulate or even track the publishing activities of faculty authors
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Responsibility for Compliance
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Responsibility for ComplianceComprehensive Assistance in Copyright
Management Standard letter notifying publishers that
submitted article is subject to NIH Public Access mandate
Standard addendum reserving right to submit author’s manuscript to PubMed Central
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Responsibility for Compliance
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Responsibility for Compliance
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Raising Awareness
Announcements to e-mail lists Presentations Web sites
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Raising Awareness
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Raising Awareness
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Additional Support Services
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Concerns of Faculty Authors
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Concerns of Faculty Authors
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Final Requests to Publishers Helping authors comply with the NIH
Public Access mandate is good customer service
List your policy on the mandate in a prominent place on your web site
Add language allowing authors to submit manuscripts to PMC to your standard copyright transfer agreement
Educate your staff about the mandate