Public Access Policy Support Programs at Libraries: A Roadmap for Success

Abstract

Editor’s note: When NIH’s Public Access Policy began to require that researchers deposit their publications in PubMed Central, authors, publishers, research officers, and librarians across the country rushed to clarify the details of the policy and to take a public stand on compliance. Having worked on such efforts in medical libraries and a research library, Molly Keener and Cathy Sarli here provide useful guidance on how to develop a program of support for researchers who are governed by the policy.