Hardin Scholarly Communication News
http://ic-server02.info-commons.uiowa.edu/scholar/
This site contains an irregularly-issued electronic newsletter whose purpose is to disseminate information on topics dealing with scholarly communication. It emphasizes new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences. The site is published by the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa.

Medical Library Association – Scholarly Publishing Issues http://www.mlanet.org/resources/publish/pub_resources.html
This site contains an overview of the key issues (information access, copyright, electronic licensing) and a list of annotated links to scholarly publishing initiatives. It is maintained by the Medical Library Association.

National Institutes of Health – Public Access Webpage
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/
This gateway contains links to various documents from the National Institutes of Health that pertain to ‘public access’ issues (NIH policies, news releases, proposed policies and public comments, meeting summaries). It includes a link to the Implementation of Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-045.html.

Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals
http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/oab.pdf    - may be slow to load.
This large pdf file contains an extensive bibliography of information pertaining to the ‘open access’ debate. It includes citations to over 1300 English language books, conference papers, debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, technical reports and other printed material. Where possible, the site includes links to Internet sites. Authored by Charles W. Bailey, this bibliography is a 2005 publication of the Association for Research Libraries.

Scholarly Communication Toolkit
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunicationtoolkit/toolkit.htm
Developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Scholarly Communication Toolkit is designed to support advocacy efforts and to provide information on scholarly communication issues for librarians, faculty, academic administrators and other campus stakeholders. Divided into subpages for administrators, faculty and librarians, the site summarizes key issues and includes a PowerPoint presentation and a print and web bibliography.

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
http://www.arl.org/sparc/
Initiated in 1997, the organization is an alliance of universities and research libraries. It serves as a catalyst for action, helping to create systems that expand information dissemination and use in a networked digital environment. The site contains information about the organization, an open access newsletter, links to related sites and the group’s full text publications. It includes an excellent guide to the NLM Public Access Policy at http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/author.html.

Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science
http://www.dcprinciples.org/    - open in Internet Explorer
This is the site of an organization devoted to the commitment of not-for-profit publishers to work in partnership with scholarly communities to “ensure that these communities are sustained, science is advanced, research meets the highest standards and patient care is enhanced with accurate and timely information.” The site contains information about the organization, its principles, members and press releases including one titled ‘NIH Rule: a Missed Opportunity’ at:
http://www.dcprinciples.org/nih_rule.htm    - open in Internet Explorer

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