ALA Says Contact Senate Before Noon Tomorrow to Support NIH Open Access Mandate
The American Library Association is strongly recommending that U.S. citizens who want to support the NIH open access mandate by voicing their opposition to the amendments (#3416 and #3417) to the FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) do so by noon on Monday, October 22nd.
Here's the latest action alert from ALA: "Fight Continues for Public Access to NIH Medical Information—Urge Your Senators to Support NIH Public Access Policy (and Oppose Inhofe Amendments)"
You can use a cut-and-paste version of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access text about the amendments to simplify the process of sending the e-mail via the ALA Web form, but personalizing this text with an added sentence or two is recommended.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
[...] Alliance for Taxpayer Access and prominent open access proponents like Peter Suber and Charles Bailey are urging citizens to contact senators to voice opposition to the two Inhofe amendments. Here is [...]