The Policy on Access to Research Outputs of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) was posted on September 4, 2007.
A press release: Open access to health research publications: CIHR unveils new policy.
Heather Morrison was, I think, the first blogger to post an item about the policy: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Policy on Access to Research Outputs.
Other blog posts:
Peter Suber, in Open Access News: OA mandate at the CIHR.
Michael Geist: CIHR Introduces New Open Access
Policy.
Stevan Harnad: Canada’s CIHR: 31st to Adopt a Green OA Self-Archiving Mandate.
Alexandre Enkerli: Open Access in Canada: CIHR Weighs In.
Stephen Downes: CIHR Introduces New Open Access Policy.
Bayman (a graduate student in a cancer lab in Ottawa, Canada): Canadian Institutes of Health Research Moves to Back Open Access Science.
The next step: implementation of the policy.
gnewton said
You might also want to check out the Financial Times article (“The irony of a web without science”) I blog about: http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/09/financial-times-on-open-access-in-irony.html
tillje said
Glen Newton also has posted: CIHR announces “Policy on Access to Research Outputs“, 5 September 2007.
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Olivier Charbonneau has posted: Santé : recherche canadienne libre, CultureLibre.ca, 5 September 2007.
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CARL Welcomes New Policy That Encourages Public Access to Canadian Research, The Canadian Association of Research Libraries, September 6, 2007. A link is provided to a press release [PDF]. Excerpt: “CARL looks forward to working with CIHR to implement the Policy and to make it a success for other funding agencies to follow”.
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New research policy a victory for ‘open access’, Michael Geist, Toronto Star, September 10, 2007.
Making Health Info Free, Michael Geist, TheTyee.ca, September 11, 2007.
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British Columbia Library Association Congratulates CIHR on Open Access to Research Outputs Policy, Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, September 10, 2007.
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Canadian Institutes for Health Research: Open Access to Health Research Publications, H. S. McMinn, Scholarly Communication News, September 25, 2007.
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CIHR unveils open-access policy, Léo Charbonneau, University Affairs, November 2007.
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Canadian Library Association congratulates CIHR on its Open Access Policy, Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, October 21, 2007.
CIHR on open access, Greg Smith, Library Tech Confidential, October 22, 2007.
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Open Access and Medical Art, by Tim Fedak, Medical Illustrations, Nov. 2, 2007. Excerpt:
CIHR Open Access Policy, News from Queen’s Library, Oct. 29, 2007.
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Access to Research Outputs: Developing a CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs, by Geoff Hynes, Senior Policy Analyst. Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Webpage modified 29 November 2007.
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CIHR’s Policy on Access to Research Outputs is Now in Effect, Ian Graham, Ph.D., Vice-President, Knowledge Translation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Posted February 4, 2008.