New Preprint: “Supporting Public Access to Research Results”

Title

Supporting Public Access to Research Results

Authors

P. Scott Lapinski
Digital Resources Librarian, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
David Osterbur
Director of Public and Access Services, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Joshua Parker
Access Services Librarian, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Alexa T. McCray
Associate Director, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Source

College and Research Libraries

Abstract

We posed the question of what services an academic library can best provide to support the NIH Public Access Policy. We approached the answer to this question through education, collaboration, and tool-building. As a result, over the last four years we have engaged over 1500 participants in discussions of public access to research results, forged alliances with dozens of partners, and built online tools to ease the process of complying with the NIH policy. We conclude that librarians working in collaboration with other key constituencies can have a positive impact on improving access to the results of scientific research.

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Note: Anticipated Publication Date:  November 2013

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