Legislation
The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (S.2695), "Requires each federal agency with extramural research expenditures of over $100 million to develop a specified federal research public access policy that is consistent with and advances the purposes of the agency."
For more information, visit SPARC's FRPAA Advocacy page
Resolutions
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
Budapest Open Access Initiative
College and University Efforts
Cornell University Faculty Senate Resolution on Open Access and Scholarly Communication
University of California Office of Scholarly Communication
Columbia University Resolution on Open Access
Library Efforts
IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation
Scholarly Communication: MIT Libraries
University of Kansas Libraries Scholarly Communication
NCSU Libraries Scholarly Communication Center
