I recently put together a list of my articles on the NIH policy, for a colleague. Now that I have the list, it's easy to share. FYI.
Peter Suber bit.ly/suber ----------cut here---------- In chronological order: Peter Suber, The open-access plan from the House Appropriations Committee, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, August 2, 2004. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/08-02-04.htm#nih --After publishing this piece, I turned it into an FAQ, which I maintained until April 2006: NIH Public-Access Policy: Frequently Asked Questions. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm Peter Suber, A busy month of action on the NIH open-access plan, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, October 2, 2004. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-04.htm#nih Peter Suber, Congress approves the NIH plan, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, December 2, 2004. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/12-02-04.htm#congress Peter Suber, Comments on the weakening of the NIH public-access policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, February 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/02-02-05.htm#nih Peter Suber, The final version of the NIH public-access policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/03-02-05.htm#nih Peter Suber, Publisher policies on NIH-funded authors, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, June 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/06-02-05.htm#nih Peter Suber, Update on publisher policies on NIH-funded authors, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, July 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-05.htm#nih Peter Suber, First fruits of the NIH public-access policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, August 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/08-02-05.htm#firstfruits Peter Suber, Update on first fruits of NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, September 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-02-05.htm#nih Peter Suber, Strengthening the NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, December 2, 2005. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/12-02-05.htm#nih Peter Suber, Update on the NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2006. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/03-02-06.htm#nih Peter Suber, Open access mandate coming to the NIH, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, July 2, 2006. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-06.htm#nih Peter Suber, Progress toward an OA mandate at the NIH, one more time, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, August 2, 2007. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/08-02-07.htm#nih Peter Suber, Victory in the Senate: Update on the bill to mandate open access at the NIH, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, November 2, 2007. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/11-02-07.htm#nih Peter Suber, Update on the bill mandating OA at the NIH, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, December 2, 2007. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/12-02-07.htm#nih Peter Suber, An open access mandate for the NIH, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, January 2, 2008 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/01-02-08.htm#nih Peter Suber, A bill to overturn the NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, October 2, 2008. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-08.htm#nih Peter Suber, Re-introduction of the bill to kill the NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2009. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/03-02-09.htm#conyers
