RFI: Access to Digital Data and Scholarly Publications Posted By: David Kennedy - Nov 21, 2011Tool/Resource: NITRC Community Requests for Information on Access to Digital Data and Scholarly Publications - due 1/12/2012 Below are links to two Requests for Information that were just released from the Office of Science and Technology. This community could contribute valuable input on both; I encourage you to review the questions posed and inform others in your institutions and professional organizations of this opportunity. One focuses on Public Access to Digital Data Resulting From Federally Funded Scientific Research – “to provide recommendations on approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and encouraging broad public access to unclassified digital data that result from federally funded scientific research.” Responses to 13 questions are sought and cover issues of cost, credit, and mechanisms for preservation, discoverability, and access as well as standards for interoperability, re-use, and re-purposing. The due date is January 12, 2012. Data: http://federalregister.gov/a/2011-28621 The second is focused on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research – “to provide recommendations on approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications that result from federally funded scientific research.” Responses to 8 questions are sought and cover economic growth impact; intellectual property interests; centralized versus de-centralized approaches; public-private partnerships; interoperable search, required metadata, accessibility; burden; range of publications covered; and embargo period. The due date is January 2, 2012. Publications: http://federalregister.gov/a/2011-28623 |
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