Congressional Hearing Highlights Debates on Access to Scholary Content
The Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property heard testimony Thursday from Nobel Prize winners, open-access advocates, publishers of scholarly content and copyright lawyers regarding the pros and cons of the NIH Publc Access Mandate. A bill was presented that would curtail the National Institutes of Health’s public-access policy.
The Chronicle of Higher Ed and Library Journal covered the hearing details.
