Scholarly Communication & Publishing

The NIH Public Access Policy came into effect on May 2, 2005. The Policy encourages all NIH-funded investigators to make their final manuscripts available to other researchers and the public by submitting them to PubMed Central. Visit the NIHMS FAQ for frequently asked questions about the process of submitting your manuscript.

Access to resources created for libraries, publisher, authors and the media by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) created this Toolkit to describe the key issues, impact, and strategies that Faculty, Librarians, and Administrators can take to address scholarly publishing issues at their institutions.

The Medical Library Association (MLA) maintains this page of news items on access to public information. Also of interest is MLA's Scholarly Publishing Issues page, which provides a more in-depth look at electronic journal licensing, copyright, and information access.

Peter Suber, a research professor from Earlham College, has been following and documenting the open access movement since its inception. Updated daily, his blog is a quick way to learn about the latest developments affecting open access and scholarly publishing around the world.

Handout (2004) from UW TechTransfer about how authors should exercise their rights for the use of their work.

Practical guidance when submitting journal articles from SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition).

How to retain the rights you need.