petersuber<p>Update. Bad news from the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KnowledgeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeCommons</span></a> (and the rest of us).<br><a href="https://about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/</span><span class="invisible">on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/</span></a></p><p>"On April 2, 2025, we received notification that our NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant, awarded in 2020, was terminated effective immediately…On April 10, 2025, we received further…notification that our contract to provide the NEH’s Designated Public-Access <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Repository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repository</span></a> was also being terminated…This loss is devastating…both for the financial impact it represents…but also for the unceremonious end to a goal we’d set for ourselves years ago…Not to mention the bigger picture here: that designated public-access repository is no longer needed, because it is assumed that the NEH will no longer be funding research, and thus there will be no results of research to make publicly accessible."</p><p>PS: All the agencies covered by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> must designate <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> repositories for their OA content. NEH was the only agency to designate a repo not hosted by the govt. All the other agency repos will be hosted by the govt, where they will be subject to political censorship or takedowns.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
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petersuber<p>Update. The Association of American Universities (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AAU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAU</span></a>) defense of US higher ed is a bit better. It doesn't focus narrowly on the economy.<br><a href="https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/meeting-moment-facing-americas-research-universities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aau.edu/newsroom/press-release</span><span class="invisible">s/meeting-moment-facing-americas-research-universities</span></a></p><p>But it ends on a jarring note of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a>. </p><p>"America cannot afford to pause for one second in our race with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and other competitor nations – nations who are doubling down on their investments in university-based research into crucial emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing."</p><p>I want US research to be <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>, and fully available to China and every other country. BTW, I want the same for Chinese research and research from every other country. Taking the nationalist argument seriously makes it an argument against OA, which also makes it an argument against current federal policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>) and against the interests of all US universities. Let's remember that science is international. Let's defend open access, not nation-limited access. And let's defend US universities because they're universities, not because they're in the US. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
petersuber<p>Update. I still don't know the full story behind the takedown of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. But here's a clue. The Dept of Defense (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>) continued rolling its memo-based <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy *after* Trump took office and *after* the memo was taken down. <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/113964410103345053" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@petersuber/11</span><span class="invisible">3964410103345053</span></a></p><p>That's a sign that agencies have not been told to stop rolling out their memo-based policy upgrades. But of course that may change. </p><p>Also note that memo is preserved in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a>, for now, not just in the Wayback Machine. <br><a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/w</span><span class="invisible">p-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</span></a></p><p>(Yes, I'm aware that Trump fired Colleen Shogan, the Biden-era National Archivist.)<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-fires-the-nations-archivist-in-latest-round-of-personnel-purge.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-fires-the-nations-archivist-in-latest-round-of-personnel-purge.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@neuralreckoning" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neuralreckoning</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <br>Sorry if you already know this. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> described <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> policies. It required deposit in OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>, not submission to OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journals</span></a>. Some publishers told authors that they'd have to pay <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> to comply with the policy. But that was deception and spin. Compliance with the policy was always free of charge. When journals charge APCs to publish fed-funded research, it was to publish in those journals, not to comply with federal policy.</p>
petersuber<p>Update The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has taken down the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.</p><p>It was formerly at this URL.<br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uplo</span><span class="invisible">ads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</span></a> </p><p>You can still find it in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaybackMachine</span></a>, as recently as Jan 18, 2025.<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250118021041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025011802</span><span class="invisible">1041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</span></a> </p><p>We can't tell yet whether it was taken down because Trump officials didn't like the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policies it laid out, didn't like its use of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> language — or both.</p><p>h/t <a href="https://fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@social.coop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@s</span><span class="invisible">ocial.coop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Joshua Neds-Fox<p>The Nelson OSTP Open Access memo — directing federal agencies w/ R&D budgets to plan for day-one open access to scholarly articles and underlying data by 12/2025 — has disappeared from whitehouse.gov, as has the blog post announcing it. Both are available at archive.org, and a cursory keyword search confirms that both contain one of the now disallowed terms: "equitable outcomes" <a href="https://social.coop/tags/scholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholComm</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/openAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openAccess</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/nelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nelsonMemo</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.esmarconf.org/@kdnyhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kdnyhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <br>Yes. I called this <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openwashing</span></a> because it used the halo of openness or transparency to block regulations that would protect the environment and climate. (Medical studies on the harms of airborne pollution could not fully open their data, for reasons of medical privacy.) Here are the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OATP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OATP</span></a> items I tagged with that sort of openwashing during the first <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration.<br><a href="https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/item_search?q=(%23oa.trump+OR+%23oa.epa)+AND+%23oa.trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/</span><span class="invisible">item_search?q=(%23oa.trump+OR+%23oa.epa)+AND+%23oa.trump</span></a></p><p>But note that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> calls for both (1) this older kind of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> openwashing and (2) direct, unembargoed <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> (or <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccess</span></a>) to EPA-funded research, echoing the Biden-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. See p 439: "Add teeth to long-standing executive orders, memoranda, recommendations, and other policies to require that EPA regulations are based on transparent, reproducible science as well as that the data and publications resulting from taxpayer-funded activities are made immediately available to the public."<br><a href="https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static.project2025.org/2025_Ma</span><span class="invisible">ndateForLeadership_FULL.pdf</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <br>We honestly don't know yet. On the one hand, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has taken down govt science sites and datasets in his first and second terms. On the other hand, his Office of Science and Technology Policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a>) drafted an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy for federal agencies much like the one later adopted by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> OSTP through the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. He could have stopped those OSTP efforts but he didn't. As the time came to make a decision and perhaps sign off on it, he was entangled in impeachment hearings. One way to read these conflicting trends is that he takes down science he has ideological reasons to dislike (e.g. on climate and gender) but doesn't oppose OA as such. Or, since he probably has no opinion about OA as such, the advisors he trusts might not oppose OA as such. For example, one passage in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> (p. 439) supports OA for EPA-funded research. We'll have to wait and see. </p><p>More details on both of this tension.<br><a href="https://bit.ly/TrumpOA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/TrumpOA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The Dept of Defense (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>) just released the implementation plan for its upgraded <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy under the Biden-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.<br><a href="https://discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/u</span><span class="invisible">ploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf</span></a></p><p>This is the first fed agency action of its kind since <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office. Note that, so far, this work has not stopped or changed.</p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lavaeolus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sparc</span></a></span> <br>Got it. Just tried to help and then realized that the current policy pages are being replaced to live up to new Biden-era standards (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>) and respond to public comments. Those changes are improvements and not mandated by Trump officials. We should wait for the new and final policy pages to be posted before tracking them for this purpose. Sorry.</p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lavaeolus</span></a></span> <br>Sure. I'd start with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccess</span></a>) policies at federal research-funding agencies. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sparc</span></a></span>) made this guide a few years ago and it's still useful. But SPARC will soon upgrade it (or create an alternative) to include the new policies mandated by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. <br><a href="https://researchsharing.sparcopen.org/articles/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">researchsharing.sparcopen.org/</span><span class="invisible">articles/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> just released the final version of its upgraded <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-science-policies-and-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/nasa-science-policies</span><span class="invisible">-and-reports/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The US National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>) just updated its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide. The guide includes the latest draft NSF <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> requirements to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/papp/pappg26_1/FedReg/draftpappg_dec2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/papp/p</span><span class="invisible">appg26_1/FedReg/draftpappg_dec2024.pdf</span></a></p><p>The new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> requirements are open for public comments until Feb 10, 2025.<br><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/12/2024-29244/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2024/12/12/2024-29244/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The US Institute of Museum and Library Services (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>) just released the final version of its new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.imls.gov/about/policy/policy-notices/public-access" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">imls.gov/about/policy/policy-n</span><span class="invisible">otices/public-access</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Also see:</p><p>* NIH Plan to Increase Findability and Transparency of Research Results Through the Use of Metadata and Persistent Identifiers<br><a href="https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Metadata_PIDs.12.16.2024_PDF.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uplo</span><span class="invisible">ads/2024/12/Metadata_PIDs.12.16.2024_PDF.pdf</span></a></p><p>* NIH Issues New Policy to Speed Access to Agency-Funded Research Results<br><a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-issues-new-policy-speed-access-agency-funded-research-results" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/n</span><span class="invisible">ih-director/statements/nih-issues-new-policy-speed-access-agency-funded-research-results</span></a></p><p>* Introducing the New NIH Public Access Policy<br><a href="https://osp.od.nih.gov/introducing-the-new-nih-public-access-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">osp.od.nih.gov/introducing-the</span><span class="invisible">-new-nih-public-access-policy/</span></a></p><p>h/t <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GaryPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryPrice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Discoverability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discoverability</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embargoes</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metadata</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PIDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIDs</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The US National Institutes of Health (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>) just released the final version of its new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29929/the-national-institutes-of-health-public-access-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2024/12/18/2024-29929/the-national-institutes-of-health-public-access-policy</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Under the 2022 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>, US federal funding agencies must make agency-funded research <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> in "agency-designated" <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>. The same was true under the 2013 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HoldrenMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoldrenMemo</span></a>. This is the first time that any federal agency has designated a repository neither built nor hosted by government agencies — an important milestone for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a>. Kudos to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KnowledgeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeCommons</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@hello" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hello</span></a></span>).</p>
petersuber<p>The US Dept of Energy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOE</span></a>) just released the final version of its new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. It's the first federal agency to do so.<br><a href="https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/200-series/0241.1-border-c/@@images/file" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">directives.doe.gov/directives-</span><span class="invisible">documents/200-series/0241.1-border-c/@@images/file</span></a></p><p>Also see the policy FAQ.<br><a href="https://www.directives.doe.gov/related-items/doe-o-241-1c_faqs.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">directives.doe.gov/related-ite</span><span class="invisible">ms/doe-o-241-1c_faqs.pdf</span></a></p><p>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sparc</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. This announcement from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CHORUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHORUS</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MDPI</span></a> spreads the same misinformation about the US federal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policies. <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/9226" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mdpi.com/about/announcements/9</span><span class="invisible">226</span></a> </p><p>"The [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>]…shifts library budgets towards supporting <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> publishing, necessitating reallocation of funds traditionally spent on subscriptions to support the funding of article processing charges (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>)." </p><p>It necessitates nothing of the kind. The policies require <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a>, not APC-based <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GoldOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldOA</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAintheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OAintheUSA</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Over at Bluesky, I'm responding to the false claim that complying with the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy will require authors to pay <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a>. <br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/dacrotty.bsky.social/post/3kw5rw5ooa32s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/dacrotty.bsky</span><span class="invisible">.social/post/3kw5rw5ooa32s</span></a></p><p>Note that my reply covers the other emerging federal-agency OA policies under the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.</p><p>As the thread winds down, I might copy it here in Mastodon. Meantime you can follow it over there.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAintheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OAintheUSA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
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