The new NIH Public Access Policy, which becomes effective April 7, 2008, calls for mandatory deposit in PubMed Central of peer-reviewed electronic manuscripts stemming from NIH funding. The change from a voluntary to mandatory policy creates new expectations, not just of funded investigators, but also of the grantee institutions that support those investigators.

If you receive questions about the new law from health professionals or other library users, you are encouraged to direct their attention to information about the NIH Public Access Policy available the Office of Extramural Research’s Web site, http://publicaccess.nih.gov/. Additional information is also available by contacting the Office of Extramural Research at PublicAccess@nih.gov.

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