[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33186-33187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11225]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the first 
meeting of the NIH Public Access Working Group under the National 
Library of Medicine's (NLM) Board of Regents.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.
    The mission of the NIH Public Access Working Group is to advise the 
NLM Board of Regents on implementation of the new NIH Public Access 
Policy. This policy responds to strong Congressional interest in 
improving the public's access to the published results of NIH-funded 
research. Under the policy, NIH-

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supported investigators are encouraged to submit manuscripts 
electronically to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central 
(PMC). The PMC is the NIH digital repository of full-text, peer-
reviewed biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research journals. The 
policy included the establishment of this working group with 
representation from a broard range of interested stakeholders. The 
Working Group will: (1) Review statistical evidence on the impact of 
the policy, e.g., number of manuscripts submitted, summary data on 
embargo periods, connections to other NIH information resources, level 
of use, etc.; (2) provide suggestions for improving the implementation 
of the manuscript submission system and procedures; (3) assess the 
extent to which the policy is achieving its stated goals; and (4) 
suggest any changes to the policy that might further these goals.

    Name of Committee: NIH Public Access Working Group.
    Date: July 11, 2005.
    Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Agenda: NIH Public Access Policy Research and Discussion.
    Place: National Library of Medicine, Building 38, Board Room, 
2nd Floor, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894.
    Contact Person: Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D., Director, National 
Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Building 38, 
Room 2E17, Bethesda, MD 20894, 301-496-6221.
    Any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed 
on this notice. The comments should include the name, address, 
telephone number and, when applicable, the business or professional 
affiliation of the interested person.

    Dated: May 27, 2005.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-11225 Filed 6-6-05; 8:45 am]
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