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#NelsonMemo

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petersuber

Update. I still don't know the full story behind the takedown of the #NelsonMemo. But here's a clue. The Dept of Defense (#DOD) continued rolling its memo-based #OpenAccess policy *after* Trump took office and *after* the memo was taken down.
fediscience.org/@petersuber/11

That's a sign that agencies have not been told to stop rolling out their memo-based policy upgrades. But of course that may change.

Also note that memo is preserved in the #NationalArchives, for now, not just in the Wayback Machine.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/w

(Yes, I'm aware that Trump fired Colleen Shogan, the Biden-era National Archivist.)
nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/poli

FediScience.orgpetersuber (@petersuber@fediscience.org)Update. The Dept of Defense (#DOD) just released the implementation plan for its upgraded #OpenAccess policy under the Biden-era #OSTP #NelsonMemo. https://discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf This is the first fed agency action of its kind since #Trump took office. Note that, so far, this work has not stopped or changed.
#USPol#USPolitics
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petersuber

Update The #Trump admin has taken down the #OSTP #NelsonMemo.

It was formerly at this URL.
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uplo

You can still find it in the @internetarchive #WaybackMachine, as recently as Jan 18, 2025.
web.archive.org/web/2025011802

We can't tell yet whether it was taken down because Trump officials didn't like the #OpenAccess policies it laid out, didn't like its use of #DEI language — or both.

h/t fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@s

#Censorship#Takedowns#USPol
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Joshua Neds-Fox

The Nelson OSTP Open Access memo — directing federal agencies w/ R&D budgets to plan for day-one open access to scholarly articles and underlying data by 12/2025 — has disappeared from whitehouse.gov, as has the blog post announcing it. Both are available at archive.org, and a cursory keyword search confirms that both contain one of the now disallowed terms: "equitable outcomes" #scholComm #openAccess #nelsonMemo

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petersuber

Update. Here's another piece asserting "The 2022 [#OSTP or #Nelson] memo requires the publication model to transition to what’s called gold #OpenAccess [in which] the cost of publication is levied against the authors as article processing charges or #APCs."
asbmb.org/asbmb-today/policy/1

It's wrong that all OA journals charge APCs, wrong that all paid APCs are paid by authors, and wrong that the #NelsonMemo requires journal-based or #GoldOA. It requires repository-based or #GreenOA.

www.asbmb.orgCan science publishing be both open and equitable?An updated memo from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has researchers, funders and publishers looking ahead
#OAintheUSA
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petersuber

The US National Science Foundation (#NSF) is calling for public comments on its updated #OpenAccess policy.
public-inspection.federalregis

This is a preprint version of the RFI. The final version will appear later today at this URL:
federalregister.gov/public-ins

UPDATE: The final version is now online at the second URL above.

#OSTP#NelsonMemo#OAintheUSA
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petersuber

Thank-you to the #IPLC #library directors for this strong statement in support of the White House #OSTP #OpenAccess policy initiative.
libraries.mit.edu/news/librari

"Implementing the #NelsonMemo via an #APC model is antithetical to the equity goals so clearly articulated in the guidance memo and the values of our institutions."

libraries.mit.eduIvy Plus Libraries weigh in on OSTP guidance on access to federally funded research | MIT Libraries NewsThe following letter was sent to the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy on behalf of the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation. On behalf of all 13 Ivy Plus libraries, we write to express our strong support for the updated policy guidance issued by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) […]
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