ATA : Media Resource Page

Media Resource Page

The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is available to assist you in writing articles about this developing movement. ATA can supply you with contacts from our diverse membership who'll describe their powerful motivations for joining together to support taxpayer access to biomedical research. For an interview, contact Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications for SPARC (ATA founding member) by email (jennifer [at] taxpayeraccess [dot] org) or call (202) 296-2296 ext. 121.

Recent Stories:

December 20, 2008
The New York Times
4 Top Science Advisers Are Named by Obama

December 8, 2008
mLive.com
Other Voices: Proposal to impose fees on research articles should be rejected

October 8, 2008
Open Access News
More than peer-reviewed manuscripts in UKPMC

September 22, 2008
Science Progress
Kicking the Doorstop on Open Access

September 22, 2008
Information Today, Inc.
Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Challenges Federal Funding

September 19, 2008
Library Journal
In Blunt Terms, Copyright Lawyers, Researchers, Librarians Blast Anti-NIH Bill

September 17, 2008
PolITiGenomics
Open access under attack

September 17, 2008
GenomeWeb Daily News
Nobel Laureates Support NIH in Open Access Debate
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September 16, 2008
Ars Technica
Congress's copyright fight puts open access science in peril

September 16, 2008
Library Journal
After Hearing, Sweeping Anti-NIH Bill To Be Shelved--for Now

September 12, 2008
The Chronicle
Congressional Hearing Over Public Access Filled With High Drama
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September 12, 2008
The Great Beyond - Nature blog
Open access: public good or publishers' evil?

September 12, 2008
Open Access News
More on the Conyers bill to overturn the NIH policy

September 11, 2008
ScienceNow Daily News
Bill Would Block NIH Public Access Policy

September 5, 2008
Library Journal
NIH Public Access Policy To Face Copyright Challenge in Congress?

September 4, 2008
Library Journal
NIH Update: PubMed Central Numbers Surge Dramatically in July

July 10, 2008
Wired Science
Crowdsourcing the Flu Vaccine

April 15, 2008
Science Friday
Harold Varmus talks about the NIH policy on NPR's Science Friday
The Nobel Prize winner discusses the new NIH Public Access Policy with host Ira Flatow.

April 8, 2008
PLoS Biology
Progress toward Public Access to Science
Harold Varmus on Implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy

April 7, 2008
The Harvard Crimson
Health Institute Begins Open-Access Grant Policy

April 7, 2008
The Scientist
Public access begins

February 21, 2008
The Chronicle
Celebrations and Tough Questions Follow Harvard's Move to Open Access

February 3, 2008
Robin Peek's Writing on Open Access - Preprint
What's Next Post Mandate?

January 31, 2008
Library Journal
LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: Student Open Access Activist Gavin Baker

January 28, 2008
Science Progress
NIH's New Open Access Policy Can Benefit Everyone

January 24, 2008
University Times
NIH mandates open access to researchers' publications

January 22, 2008
The Daily Pennsylvanian
Under the microscope: research available free online

January 22, 2008
Library Journal
NIH Sets Deposit Date for Public Access Policy, but Copyright Battle Still Brews

January 18, 2008
Science
Uncle Sam's Biomedical Archive Wants Your Papers

January 11, 2008
ScienceNOW Daily News
NIH Announces Public-Access Policy

January 6, 2008
MIT News
MIT finds key to avian flu in humans

December 31, 2007
The Kansas City Star
New law broadens access to research on health

December 21, 2007
The Washington Post
Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research