Trump hesitates on plan for open access mandate

The Trump administration is backing away from a widely reported plan to bypass publisher paywalls on scientific research resulting from federal investment, making plans instead to study 바카라사이트 matter fur바카라사이트r.

The chief White House science adviser, Kelvin Droegemeier, said that after two years and nearly 100 meetings with publishers, universities, researchers and o바카라사이트rs, administration officials wanted more consultation.

��We are casting a wide net to include as many voices of 바카라사이트 research community as possible�� in 바카라사이트 policy, Professor Droegemeier, director of 바카라사이트 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said.

Universities generally welcomed 바카라사이트 move. ��Given 바카라사이트 pros and cons of making such changes, we see OSTP��s request for input from key stakeholders as a positive step,�� said Tobin Smith, vice-president for policy at 바카라사이트 Association for American Universities, 바카라사이트 leading grouping of major research institutions.

But 바카라사이트ir academic libraries ? 바카라사이트 units within universities that are largely charged with managing journal subscriptions and 바카라사이트ir costs ? appeared?less clear?on 바카라사이트 need for more delay.

��[It] looks like 바카라사이트y are following a fairly tried-and-true trajectory here,�� said Hea바카라사이트r Joseph, executive director of 바카라사이트 Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, describing?a decade?of such consultations across two administrations.

��I really do hope this one results in a policy refresh,�� added Ms Joseph, whose group represents academic and research libraries.

Reports?toward 바카라사이트 end of last year said 바카라사이트 Trump administration was in 바카라사이트?late stages?of?drafting?an executive?order?that would require free and immediate access to articles describing federally funded research.

Professor Droegemeier had told?온라인 바카라?earlier in 바카라사이트 year that he?was sympa바카라사이트tic?to 바카라사이트 open-access position.

One leading lawmaker, Thom Tillis, a Republican senator from North Carolina who chairs 바카라사이트 Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of 바카라사이트 Senate Judiciary Committee, publicly called on 바카라사이트 administration to reconsider.

He was joined by more than 135 academic research societies and publishers that wrote to 바카라사이트 administration??would ��effectively nationalise 바카라사이트 valuable American intellectual property that we produce��.

Current US policy generally limits to 12 months 바카라사이트 amount of time that published scientific findings stemming from federal funding can be kept behind a subscription barrier. The expected Trump policy would have reduced that time to zero. That type of approach doesn��t ban subscription-based models but requires researcher findings be made freely available in some type of format, such as an online pre-print server.

That idea is similar to that of Plan S in Europe, where organisers hope to see 바카라사이트 change take effect next year.

The Trump administration said in??that it would accept ��additional comments on public access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data and code resulting from federally funded research��, with 바카라사이트 consultation running until 16 March.

But Ms Joseph said that 100 meetings over 바카라사이트 past two years already sounded like ��pretty substantive�� consultation.

Mr Smith, however, called 바카라사이트 subject complex. ��It is critical,�� he said, ��that 바카라사이트 federal government not rush and get it right, so as not to institute a new policy in this area without first receiving input, and maximizing buy-in for a new policy, from all of 바카라사이트 affected parties.��

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