The staff of the Hoffman Family Library joins the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries(AAHSL)in opposing HR 3699, the Research Works Act. HR 3699 would restrict access to information generated through public funds, overturn the successful National Institutes of Health public access policy, and prohibit other federal agencies from establishing similar policies.
MLA and AAHSL worked to promote access to quality health information for the health care community and the public. The academic library community maintains that government-generated information, including online access to articles that report the results of federally funded research, is a public good and must be disseminated with as few barriers as possible. This act would restrict access to information generated through public funds, overturn the successful NIH public access policy, and prohibit other federal agencies from establishing similar policies.
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