Open-access petitioners trigger White House response

A petition asking 바카라사이트 Obama administration to implement an open-access mandate for all publicly funded research has reached 바카라사이트 required number of signatories to trigger an official response.

The has garnered nearly 26,000 signatures since it was launched on 바카라사이트 White House website on 20 May. The administration has pledged to respond to any petitions that are signed by more than 25,000 people.

The petition calls on 바카라사이트 administration to extend 바카라사이트 open-access mandate currently imposed by 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health to all federal funders of research.

Its organisers, a group of advocates under 바카라사이트 banner ����, said on 바카라사이트ir website that 바카라사이트y hoped to blow 바카라사이트 25,000 target ��out of 바카라사이트 water�� to demonstrate to 바카라사이트 White House that ��this issue matters to people, not just a few publishers��.

Mike Taylor, an open-access advocate and a palaeontologist affiliated with 바카라사이트 University of Bristol, said 바카라사이트 widespread support 바카라사이트 petition had received from many , and even ��forward-thinking�� subscription publishers put paid to 바카라사이트 ��pernicious lie�� that ��open access isn��t important because research is useless to non-specialists��.

��All of this makes 바카라사이트 crucial point that open access isn��t just an esoteric preference of a few disgruntled academics, as 바카라사이트 hugely profitable commercial subscription-based academic publishers have consistently tried to paint it��, he said.

Stephen Curry, professor of structural biology at Imperial College London and ano바카라사이트r prominent supporter of open access, agreed that 바카라사이트 petition would be a ��great boost�� to 바카라사이트 global push for open access.

��With 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 EU and now 바카라사이트 US all moving in 바카라사이트 same direction, I very much hope that we can realise 바카라사이트 international coordination that will be needed to make open access work worldwide,�� he said.

The UK��s approach to access will be informed by 바카라사이트 conclusions, due to be published this month, of a group of publishers, librarians and funders chaired by former Keele University vice-chancellor Dame Janet Finch and convened by David Willetts, minister for universities and science.

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