From: "Blobaum, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:28:06 +0000

Wouldn't the threat of not getting another NIH grant be enough to
ensure compliance?

Paul Blobaum, M.A., M.S.
Full Professor
College of Health and Human Services Librarian Liaison
Governors State University Library
University Park, IL  60484  708-534 4139  pblobaum at govst dot edu

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From: "Hansen, Dave" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:28:06 +0000

Does anyone on this list have an idea of how the NIH enforces its
public access policy? I recently had a conversation with someone who
has viewed several NIH non-compliance letters. She expressed some
consternation that, while letters sometimes go out about
non-compliance, there is no real force behind them and nothing that
effectively compels compliance. I couldn’t find any more info from the
NIH itself.

Does anyone have any idea how prevalent non-compliance is and how
frequently NIH takes actions to enforce the policy, and for those
library lawyers that I know lurk around on this list, who (if anyone)
would be able to contest non-enforcement by the NIH?*

*I’m not trying to pick a fight. I’d just like to know who has the
right to do such a thing.

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David R. Hansen
Digital Library Fellow
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
UC Berkeley School of Law
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