Suber, Peter. "NIH Open-Access Plan: Frequently Asked Questions" (2004) (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm). - Peter Suber has written a helpful FAQ about the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's recommendation regarding open access to journal articles that result from NIH grant-funded research. To recap the main points of the recommendation, such articles would be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. If NIH funds were used to support any publication costs, the articles would be made immediately available. Otherwise, they would be made available six months after publication. NIH would develop a plan by 12/1/04 to implement the recommendation in FY 2005. The FAQ clarifies the fine points of the recommendation (e.g., it's up to the researcher, not the publisher, to deposit the article), addresses the main issues that it raises (e.g., would journals lose subscribers as a result of the plan?), compares it to the Public Access to Science Act, discusses the future of the recommendation, and provides action steps for supporters (e.g., use the Public Knowledge Web form to send a fax to your Congressional delegation endorsing the recommendation). He also mentions the Alliance for Taxpayer Access , which the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and many other organizations have recently formed to support the recommendation. - Pter Suber on the NIH Open Access Plan  Suber, Peter. "NIH Open-Access Plan: Frequently Asked Questions" (2004)      ( http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm ). -      Peter Suber has written a helpful FAQ about the U.S. House Appropriations      Committee's recommendation regarding open access to journal      articles that result from NIH grant-funded research. To recap the      main points of the recommendation, such articles would be deposited      in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. If NIH funds      were used to support any publication costs, the articles would be      made immediately available. Otherwise, they would be made available      six months after publication. NIH would develop a plan by 12/1/04      to implement the recommendation in FY 2005. The FAQ clarifies the      fine points of the recommendation (e.g., it's up to the researcher,      not the publisher, to deposit the article), addresses the main      issues that it raises (e.g., would journals lose subscribers as a      result of the plan?), compares it to the Public Access to Science      Act, discusses the future of the recommendation, and provides      action steps for supporters (e.g., use the Public Knowledge Web      form to send a fax to your Congressional delegation endorsing the      recommendation). He also mentions the Alliance for Taxpayer      Access , which the American Association of Law Libraries, the      American Library Association, the Association of Academic Health      Sciences Libraries, the Association of College & Research      Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and many other      organizations have recently formed to support the recommendation. -