Congressional Hearing to Discuss Fairness of NIH Policy
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property scheduled a hearing to address the copyright policy implications of the NIH Public Access Policy. The hearing will be this Thursday, September 11 at 1pm Eastern and can be viewed online.
Several members of the UCLA community including the Director of Research, the Director of Office of Intellectual Property Administration, and the University Librarian today sent letters to the California delegation in support of the NIH Public Access Policy to make published research funded by NIH openly accessible after 6 months.
Submit comments to your representative or the chair of the Judiciary Committee.
For more background on the issue, see the Library Journal article “NIH Public Access Policy To Face Copyright Challenge in Congress?”
