On this, the longest day of the year, I offer a short quote:
“Open sharing of research results is a proven strategy for driving positive change.”
Yep, a typical line for this blog. But the line doesn’t come from us — no, it comes from the White House, from a press release about their event honoring 13 “Champions of Change” for open science. (Among those celebrated is Paul Ginsparg, founder of arXiv.org, an enormously important open access repository for physics, math, computer science, and several other sciences.)
First there was the White House’s open access directive. Then there was its open data policy. Now it’s honoring open science pioneers and making unambiguous statements in support of openness. Nice to have you as an ally, White House!
(Photo credit: rmounce, http://www.flickr.com/photos/79472036@N07/8719095952/)
White House openly supports openness (again!): http://t.co/daxv2bYjPh #oa
“Open sharing of research results is a proven strategy for driving positive change.” http://t.co/0De3TFSJo6 by @@jillasella
RT @JessieNYC: “Open sharing of research results is a proven strategy for driving positive change.” http://t.co/0De3TFSJo6 by @@jillasella
Nice to have the @whitehouse as an #OpenAccess ally! #OA http://t.co/PS9uZZ1av5
New post by @jillasella on the Open Access @ CUNY blog: “The White House Openly Supports Openness” http://t.co/Gdoqs5C4qk
RT @cunycommons: New post by @jillasella on the Open Access @ CUNY blog: “The White House Openly Supports Openness” http://t.co/Gdoqs5C4qk
It’s unfortunate that TAPFR didn’t get through in NY State. The White House supports OA, but publishers’ lobbyists manage to derail it here.