[Asis-l] NFAIS Webinar: The State of Open Access

[jilloneill at nfais.org]

The State of Open Access in the U.S. Federal Government: What Content Providers and Librarians Need to Know.

On February 22, 2013 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) took a bold step toward making more government information available to the public for free (see the full text of the memo at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf).

The memorandum introduced a new policy framework that will make the results of research that is supported by federal government investments, both the publications and the data itself, freely-available after a defined embargo period. The policy affects federal agencies and departments that spend $100 million or more annually on the “conduct of research” and Agencies had to submit their initial plans for review in August 2013. The big question is how this policy and the Agency responses will impact publishing and information discovery moving forward.

On October 9, 2013 NFAIS will hold a 90-minute webinar (11:00am - 12:30pm EDST) to look at how members of the Information Community can work together to meet the OSTP requirements. Database producers, journal publishers, librarians, and government agency staff have always worked side by side, albeit from different perspectives but with the same objective - to ensure the flow of scientific and scholarly communication. Now we all need to understand the ways in which the policies will impact us, not only as individual groups, but also in how we work together towards our common goal.

This webinar will provide a broad overview of the current state of Open Access in the federal government and will touch upon some of the specific strategies that are already being developed by the publishing and academic library communities to influence the Agency policies. The objective is to bring everyone up-to-date on where the response to the OSTP memorandum stands today and what opportunities are offered for involvement as the policies are implemented.

Our featured speaker will be Richard Huffine. Richard spent 15 years as a librarian in the federal government, working for federal science agencies. He recently left government service to join ProQuest as their new Senior Director for the federal government market. Richard has participated in coordination efforts such as those lead by CENDI as well as in policy efforts like the E-Government Act. He was working to support a public access framework prior to leaving the federal government.

If you or your staff want to get to get up to speed on the state of Open Access in the Federal Government and how this will impact your organization, register for the NFAIS webinar today.  NFAIS members pay $125, Sister Society members pay $150 and non-members pay $195.  Three or more staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $295. The group fee for three or more staff from any Sister Society is $350, and from a non-member organization is $450. The registration form can be accessed at: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=528.

For more information contact Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.
 
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