[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1027]


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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 third 
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-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 broad 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: April 10, 2006.
    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. Linberg, 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: January 30, 2006.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 06-1027 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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