http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/tags/Case+Law/Open+Access/default.aspxTags: Case Law, Open AccessenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/2008/02/22/61.aspxFri, 22 Feb 2008 19:01:00 GMT3dba5dbf-cc88-412d-a5e1-dc96318a2d17:61Tom Boone0<div class="bodyCopy"> <p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It is an exciting time for researchers who are rich with intellectual curiosity, but short on cash.</span></font></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><font size="2">The <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR2764:" target="_blank">FY2008 omnibus appropriations bill</a> contained a provision to establish a new policy directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with free online access to findings from its funded research. Beginning on April 7, 2008, every scientist who publishes the results of research funded by an NIH grant in a peer-reviewed journal is required to deposit a digital copy of the article in <a href="http://www.pubmed.gov/">PubMed Central</a> the online digital library maintained by the NIH. The public will be able to access these articles through PubMed Central for free!&nbsp; </font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><font size="2">Open access to the law has also been in the spotlight recently.&nbsp; Earlier this month, Creative Commons and <a href="http://public.resource.org/" target="_blank">Public.Resource.Org</a> announced the first release of a case law <a href="http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/">available for download</a> by developers. The release covers all U.S. Supreme Court decisions and all Court of Appeals decisions from 1950 forward. The case law was provided by Fastcase, Inc. which recently announced its new <a href="http://www.plol.org/">Public Library of Law</a>.</font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><font size="2">In addition to this exciting news, PACER is now available at no-fee at sixteen libraries, thanks to a <a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/libraries110807.html">joint pilot project</a> by the Government Printing Office and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.<a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/libraries110807.html" target="_blank"></a> </font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><font size="2">Finally, Harvard University&#39;s Faculty of Arts and Sciences recently <a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html">approved a plan</a> to give the University a worldwide license to make each faculty member&#39;s scholarly articles available in a free repository and to exercise the copyright in the articles, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit.<a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html" target="_blank"></a> </font></span></p></div><img src="http://blogs.law.yale.edu/aggbug.aspx?PostID=61" width="1" height="1">ResearchNIHPACEROpen AccessHarvardPubMedCase LawScholarshiphttp://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/2007/12/14/47.aspxFri, 14 Dec 2007 15:39:00 GMT3dba5dbf-cc88-412d-a5e1-dc96318a2d17:47Tom Boone0<p><a href="http://public.resource.org/">Public.Resource.org</a> and <a href="http://www.fastcase.com/">FastCase</a> recently <a href="http://public.resource.org/case_law_announcement.html">announced</a> plans to create a free database of federal caselaw accessible to anyone via the internet. The database will include all U.S. Supreme Court cases since 1754 and all U.S. Court of Appeals cases since 1950, and new cases will be added as they are published. </p> <a href="http://public.resource.org/"></a> <p>No word yet when the database will be released, but snapshots of the archive will be made available in early 2008.</p> <p><a href="http://public.resource.org/case_law_announcement.html">[Press Release] 1.8 million pages of federal case law to become freely available</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.law.yale.edu/aggbug.aspx?PostID=47" width="1" height="1">Open AccessCase Law