In a victory for almost everybody, the leading publisher (Elsevier) of academic journals has withdrawn its backing for a bill in Congress that would have barred Uncle Sam from requiring Internet dissemination of federally funded research without publisher approval……… Elsevier's support of the Research Works Act had triggered a global boycott by more than 7,000 scientists recently. Now the bill HR 3699, is almost dead. http://the-scientist.com/2012/02/28/elsevier-abandons-anti-open-access-bill http://www.newsday.com/opinion/positive-news-for-access-to-tax-funded-scienc... http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/27/science-elsevier-boycott....   Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, ________________________________ From: Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; digilib_india@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 3:25 PM Subject: Journal Publishers Take Fight Against Open-Access Policies to US Congress Link: http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/01/09/publishers-agains... Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR.

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