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The 791 universities from 46 countries of the European University Association have unanimously endorsed some very strong OA recommendations, which Peter Suber has summarized as follows: * Here’s a digest of the most important of the recommendations. European universities should… 1. launch OAI-compliant institutional repositories (A2) 2. adopt OA mandates for their research output (A3) …

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Some major events in open access this week: The final text of the NIH policy has been posted:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html and a very interesting FAQ The European Research Council has announced an exemplary Open Access Policy – open access to funded research within 6 months, no loopholes, and an indication that the 6-month maximum will be shortened! …

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Excellent program on the impact of a few dollars’ investment on quality of life, environment and economics in Bangladesh. Don’t miss it. See this preview.

Happy New Year and Peace on Earth!I want to take this opportunity and thank our donors. You are too many to all be listed individually but a few I will introduce to you all and explain the purposes that are attached to the donations. Thank you to our 200+ donors during the year 2007 who …

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The U.S. National Institutes of Health, the world’s largest medical research funder, has just made public access to NIH-funded research mandatory. Congratulations to the U.S. Congress, Senate, and President for a forward-thinking move that will lead to accelerated health research and better health care for everyone, everywhere! From: Alliance for Taxpayer Accesswww.taxpayeraccess.org For immediate releaseDecember …

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The good thing about waiting for others is that it gives me time to write this blog. Especially since it is Sunday morning, everyone is in Church and the internet is fast.The sad news is that we lost two children from the DILICIG School to Malaria yesterday. One child was rushed to the hospital with …

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OK, here is the short run down: Cameroon was singled out with praise by the latest UN report for having implemented behavior changes regarding HIV/AIDS. The sad news is Cameroon has lost US$8 Million in new Global Fund money. The Fund complained that monies from previous years have not been spend and are sitting in …

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