Implementation resources for the NIH policy

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

• This is a list of resources to help researchers and their institutions comply with public-access policy of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

• Related list on OAD: Publisher policies on NIH-funded authors.

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Resources from the NIH itself

• NIH policy home page

• Text of the NIH policy

• NIH FAQ on the policy

• NIH FAQ for the manuscript submission process

• NIH FAQ for publishers wishing to submit work on behalf of authors

• The NIH manuscript submission home page. Don't overlook the links to online help.

• NIH manuscript submission tutorials Slides, video, and PDF.

• NIH manuscript submission help desk

• NIH Public Access Communications and Training resources

Resources from library associations

• Michael Carroll, Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy - Copyright considerations and options, a white paper from SPARC, Science Commons, and ARL, February 2008.

• Guide for Research Universities, from the ARL, February 18, 2008.

• Institutional Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy: Ensuring Deposit Rights, a webcast from ARL and NASULGC, March 7, 2008.

• Kevin L. Smith, Managing Copyright for NIH Public Access: Strategies to Ensure Compliance, ARL Bimonthly Report, June 2008.

• SPARC page on implementing the NIH policy, from SPARC.

• SPARC Author Rights discussion forum, moderated by Kevin Smith. From SPARC. A good place to ask and answer questions about compliance.

Resources from universities

• University of California at Davis

• University of California at San Diego and also here

• University of California at San Francisco and also here

• Cornell University

• Duke University Medical Center Library

• University of Florida

• Georgetown University

• University of Illinois

• University of Illinois at Chicago

• Indiana University Medical Libraries

• University of Iowa, Division of Sponsored Programs

• University of Iowa Libraries

• Johns Hopkins University

• University of Michigan

• University of Minnesota

• University of Missouri

• MIT

• University of North Carolina Population Center

• Northeastern University

• University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System

• Purdue University

• University of Rochester and also here

• Rockefeller University

• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

• University of Virginia

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences

• Washington University in St. Louis, Becker Medical Library and also here and here and flowchart for compliance here

• University of Wisconsin - Madison