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Julia MortyakovaOutreach and Advocacy Coordinator RIGHT TO RESEARCH COALITIONInternet Governance Forum 2010Vilnius, LithuaniaSEPTEMBER 17, 2010
www.arl.org/sparc [email protected]
SPARC’s MissionThe Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources CoalitionSPARC was formed by the library community
specifically to be a catalyst for action, in order to stimulate new systems that:
• Expand the dissemination of research results in ways that leverage the networked digital
environment, and in doing so, help to reduce financial pressures on libraries
www.righttoresearch.org [email protected]
why is access limited?Nuclear Physics: $25,888
Brain Research: $22,386
Journal of Comparative Neurology: $19,500
Journal of Chromatography: $15,217
American Journal of Medical Genetics: $9,995
Gene: $9,552
Journal of Neuroscience Research: $8,500
Experimental Brain Research: $7,595
Carbohydrate Research: $7,194
Biopolymers: $6,995
Neuroscience Letters: $6,863
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry: $6,510
Journal of Cellular Physiology: $6,295
Journal of Molecular Biology: $5,915
Developmental Biology: $5,681
Biotechnology and Bioengineering: $5,485
Journal of Immunological Methods: $5,355
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication: $5,132
Cancer Letters: $5,127
Virology: $5,006
Elsevier
Wiley
Springer
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20050828210650/libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/expensive-titles.html
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New York Times Alzheimer’s Article
Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’sBy: Gina Kolata• In 2003, a group of scientists and executives from the
National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the drug and medical-imaging industries, universities and nonprofit groups joined in a project that experts say had no precedent: a collaborative effort to find the biological markers that show the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the human brain.
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Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) in U.S. Congress
• June 2009 – FRPAA introduced in U.S. Senate
• April 2010 – FRPAA introduced in the U.S. House
• July 29, 2010 – U.S. House of Representatives holds a hearing on the subject of public access to federally-funded research
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National Institutes of Health Policy (2008)
~700,000 full text articles deposited
420,000 unique users per day
99% articles downloaded at least once
25% university users, 40% citizens, 17% companies, remainder government or others
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Executive Branch – White House RFI
Request for Information on the topic of public access to federally funded research
Public Comment Period – January 2010
Currently preparing Report/recommendations
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Hearing on Public Access in U.S. House of Representatives
• NGO/Private Research Funder – (Sophia Colamarino – Autism Speaks)
• Patient Advocates - (Sharon Terry – Genetic Alliance President)• Researcher/Entrepreneur -(Sir Dr. Richard Roberts – New England
Biolabs, Nobel Prize Laureate)• US Federal Agency – (Dr. David Lipman, NIH) • Publishers –(Catherine Nancarrow, Public Library of Science) Demo of
financially successful model; growing sector of publishing marketplace• Economists - (University Presidents/Fortune 500 CEOS, independent
organization – economic growth, innovation, competitiveness)• Higher Education –(Dr. David Shulenburger, Association of Public and
Land-grant Universities) - OA – Central to mission of Higher Ed Institutions
24 organizations representing 5.5 million students internationally
Access to research is a student right
Mission: Advocate for and educate about more open publishing practices
Launched June 2009: We’re just getting started
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• The Right to Research Coalition is an organization of local, national, and international student associations collectively representing more than 5 million students who advocate for more open scholarly publishing practices.
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We:
Educate the next generation of medical researchers about open access
Advocate for open access policies at the campus, national, and international levels
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Events:
• Student Summit 2009 and 2010• Coalition Lobby Day• Presence at conferences• Resources for our members• International Expansion• Open Access Week 2010!
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Questions:
• Julia Mortyakova
• The Right to Research Coalition!