[sc-announce] "Open Access Wins" - Science Commons blog

Kaitlin Thaney kaitlin at creativecommons.org
Fri Dec 5 11:48:33 EST 2008


*Open Access wins*

December 5th, 2008 <http://sciencecommons.org/?p=821> by Thinh

Our friend Mike Rossner from the Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has
informed us that they have launched a browser-based system, called JCB
DataViewer <http://jcb-dataviewer.rupress.org/> that renders in jpeg
original image files associated with their articles, all of which are
available under a CC-NC-SA 3.0 license after six months.

RUP recently adopted CC licensing for their journals, including the
prestigious Journal of Cell Biology. Their articles are available online
under NC-SA after six months from publication, whereas for the first six
months, they have similar terms, but without the permission to create mirror
sites.

Also, in another step forward for open access, Autism Speaks, a funder for
autism research, announced last month a new
policy<http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/free_access_to_research_findings.php>,
which went into effect as of December 3. The policy requires deposit of
research articles in Pubmed, which makes it available after 12 months.

We are seeing more and more foundations that fund research taking a closer
look at the need to address science infrastructure and to leverage their
funding resources, by aiming not just as knowledge creation but
dissemination and downstream impact.

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