NIH Public Access Mandate of 2007
Libraries' Support of Open Access

• May 27, 2008 -- After the legislation was passed to make public access to NIH-funded research mandatory, the NIH developed an implementation plan and put out a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register, calling for comments on the implementation plan. We responded to the RFI via online form, as did many other libraries and publishers. Letter from Dean Gloriana St. Clair to Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni in response to the RFI.
  
  
• Advocating and Facilitating Open Access Information & support for CMU faculty
  The NIH Public Access Policy is a Term and Condition of Award for all grants and cooperative agreements active in Fiscal Year 2008 (October 1, 2007- September 30, 2008) or beyond, and for all contracts awarded after April 7, 2008.
  
  
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• October 22, 2007 -- Oppose proposed amendments that would weaken FY 2008 LHHS and Education Appropriations Bill. Letters from Dean Gloriana St. Clair to Senators Robert P. Casey and Arlen Specter.
  

• September 26, 2007 -- Support mandating access to NIH research results in FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill, without amendment. Letters from Dean Gloriana St. Clair to Senators Robert P. Casey and Arlen Specter.
  
  
• July 17, 2007 -- Support mandating access to NIH research results in FY 2008 LHHS and Education Appropriations Bill. Letters from Dean Gloriana St. Clair to Senators Robert P. Casey and Arlen Specter and to Congressman Mike Doyle.
  
  
• July 10, 2007 -- Support changing NIH Public Access Policy from a voluntary to a mandatory program. Letters from Associate Dean Erika Linke to Congressmen Chaka Fattah, John P. Murtha, and John E. Peterson, and to legislative director Debra Tekavec.
  
  
• June 12, 2007 -- Support mandatory public access to NIH-funded research. Oppose any language that would make the policy voluntary. Letters from Dean Gloriana St. Clair to Congressmen Chaka Fattah, John P. Murtha, and John E. Peterson, and to legislative director Debra Tekavec.
  
  
• June 6, 2007 -- Support changing NIH Public Access Policy from a voluntary to a mandatory program (as part of 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services [LHHS] and Education Appropriations Bill). Letters from Dean Gloriana St. Clair to Congressmen David Obey, John E. Peterson, and James T. Walsh.