Public Science, Public Access.

Authors

  • David Flaxbart

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/istl2065

Abstract

This article comments on the introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 in the U.S. Senate. This bill would require most recipients of federal research funds to make their findings freely available within six months of publication. The position of the publishing industry on the bill is cited. In addition, this article presents the concerns of the scientific community on the bill.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Altman, Lawrence K. 2006. "For Science's Gatekeepers, a Credibility Gap." New York Times, May 2, 2006.

Downloads

Published

2006-05-31

How to Cite

Flaxbart, D. (2006). Public Science, Public Access. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (46). https://doi.org/10.29173/istl2065

Issue

No. 46 (2006): Spring (Theme: Assessment)

Section

Viewpoints

License

While ISTL has always been open access and authors have always retained the copyright of their papers without restrictions, articles in issues prior to no.75 were not licensed with Creative Commons licenses. Since issue no. 75 (Winter 2014), ISTL has licensed its work through Creative Commons licenses. Please refer to the Copyright and Licensing Information page for more information.

Share |

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>