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From: David Prosser <david.prosser -- rluk.ac.uk>

Date: May 21, 2012 4:30:26 PM EDT

To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org>

Subject: [GOAL] White House Petition Calling for Open Access

Reply-To: "Global Open Access List \(Successor of AmSci\)" <goal@eprints.org>

I'm sure that  many of you will have already seen this - but a petition has been launched by access2research (http://access2research.org/) on the White House website calling for open access to US tax-payer funded research.  It the petition reaches 25,000 signatories in 30 days it will get an official response from the US Administration.

The petition is here:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/require-free-access-over-internet-scientific-journal-articles-arising-taxpayer-funded-research/wDX82FLQ

Anybody can sign - you don't have to be a US citizen.  All you need to be is somebody who believes there should be more open access!  Please sign.

David


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