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Begin forwarded message: > From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer--arl.org> > Date: January 3, 2010 10:54:35 AM EST (CA) > To: SPARC Open Access Forum <[log in to unmask]>, sparc- > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] > Subject: [SPARC-IR] Share your views on public access: New phase of > discussion with the White House underway now > Reply-To: "SPARC Institutional Repositories Discussion List" <[log in to unmask] > > > > The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) now > invites your input on the *management* of policies to deliver public > access to the published results of taxpayer-funded research, to be > submitted to the online discussion no later than January 7, 2010. > *All* are urged to respond to this pivotal opportunity and to > encourage researchers, students, and others to weigh in. Your input > will be critical in helping the administration to form a deep and > balanced view of stakeholders’ interest in ensuring public access to > publicly funded research. > > The questions before us now are: > > • Compliance. What features does a public access policy need to > ensure compliance? Should this vary across agencies? > > • Evaluation. How should an agency determine whether a public access > policy is successful? What measures could agencies use to gauge > whether there is increased return on federal investment gained by > expanded access? > > • Roles. How might a public private partnership promote robust > management of a public access policy? Are there examples already in > use that may serve as models? What is the best role for the Federal > government? > > (See the full post at http://blog.ostp.gov/2010/01/01/policy-forum-on-public-access-to-federally-funded-research-management/) > . > > This is the last of the three announced phases of the online > discussion. The first two phases focused on public access policy > implementation as well as on features and technology. From January 8 > to 21, the online discussion will revisit in more detail aspects of > the conversation that warrant deeper exploration. To participate, > visit the Public Access Policy blog at http://blog.ostp.gov/category/public-access-policy > . Comments emailed to [log in to unmask] are also accepted, but > will still be posted to the blog by the moderator. > > General comments, addressing any part of the Request for > Information, may be submitted to the Federal Register no later than > January 21. See the full notice at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-29322.htm > for details. > > If you have any questions or would like to discuss, please contact > SPARC. > > Heather Joseph, Executive Director > heather -- arl.org > > Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications > jennifer -- arl.org > > We’ll look forward to talking with you, and to working with you on > this tremendous opportunity for higher education and American public. > > ------------------------------------- > Jennifer McLennan > Director of Communications > SPARC > jennifer -- arl.org > (202) 296-2296 x121 > Fax: (202) 872-0884 > ******************************* > SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting > November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD > http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml > ******************************* > http://www.arl.org/sparc