California Bill Would Mandate Open Access To Publicly Funded Research

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 30, 2013 @03:33AM from the you-toss-me-the-idol-I-throw-you-the-funding dept.

ectoman writes "This week, advocates of open access to publicly funded research are keeping an eye on California's Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609), which could soon find its way to the California State Senate. The bill requires the final copy of any peer-reviewed research funded by California tax dollars to be made publicly accessible within 12 months of publication. If passed, the legislation would become the first state-level law mandating this kind of access. Opensource.com is featuring a collection of articles on open access publishing, which you can read while you await the verdict on AB 609."

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Re:Great concept! by blueg3 · 2013-05-30 04:48 · Score: 3, Informative

Useful tip: Once you find the abstract (usually on a pay site), search Google for the paper title and authors. Google Scholar is particularly useful here. Find the preprint copy of the paper, which is usually hosted on an author's Web site or on a site like arXiv. Download that.
If you really want to read a paper and can't find a preprint, e-mail one of the authors and ask for a preprint PDF.