ALEPH 18
- An environment has been set up to test the Ex
Libris Upgrade Express scripts;
- A version 18 training environment has been created;
- OLIS responded to the recommendations submitted by
the Library Software Users Group (LiSUG) WebOPAC
Committee;
- ALEPH 18 will be the focus of the April 2008 issue
of SUNYergy.
EBSCOhost Full-text Downloads
SUNYConnect participants downloaded 5,636,385 full-
text documents in 2007. This represents a 38.4%
increase from 2006.
ALEPH Shared Services Taskforce
This group has, most recently been focusing on issues
related to ALEPH and reports. The SUNY-wide Taskforce
recommendations will be distributed shortly.
NIH Establishes Open Access Mandate.
"The day after Christmas, President Bush signed an
omnibus spending bill containing a provision requiring 
the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to mandate
open access for NIH-funded research.
"Here's the language that just became law:
The Director of the National Institutes of
Health shall require that all investigators
funded by the NIH submit or have submitted
for them to the National Library of Medicine's
PubMed Central an electronic version of their
final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon
acceptance for publication to be made publicly
available no later than 12 months after the
official date of publication: Provided, that
the NIH shall implement the public access
policy in a manner consistent with copyright
law.
"This is a momentous victory, despite the 12 month
embargo. Measured by the ferocity of opposition overcome
and the volume of literature liberated, it's the largest
victory in the history of the OA movement. It's only a
plateau, not a summit, but it's an immense success.
Researchers, OA advocates, and everyone concerned to
advance medical knowledge, are justified in feeling joy
and relief."
SPARC Open Access Newsletter #117
JSTOR and Science back together again
"Dear Participants,
We are pleased to announce that the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and  JSTOR reached
an agreement at the end of 2007 under which Science will
continue its participation in JSTOR. Science will be
available with a 5-year moving wall and new participating
organizations will receive Science legacy content as part
of the Health & General Sciences collection. In addition,
we expect to introduce more opportunities within the
JSTOR site for users to link directly to Science's website
from Science legacy content located in JSTOR. We are very
pleased to be able to continue and extend this relationship
and to assure the community that future issues of Science
will be preserved in JSTOR."
All best -
Michael Spinella
Executive Director
JSTOR
 
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