NIH third-party manuscript submitters may now designate an author of the manuscript to review the submission

NIH recently changed the manuscript approval process for third-party submitters. Previously the grant's PI was responsible for approving any manuscript submissions associated with the PI's NIH grant(s). Now in the final step in the submission process, Step 5 - PDF Approval, the third-party submitter (grant administrator, librarian, etc.) designates a reviewer for the submission. The reviewer must be an author of the manuscript.

NIH Policy Presentations

Julie Schneider, Ebling Library's Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications, will hold information sessions (PowerPoint Presentation) about the NIH Public Access Policy:

• Tuesday, March 18 (noon – 1 pm), Health Sciences Learning Center, Lecture Hall 1335
  
• Wednesday, March 19 (noon – 1 pm), Microbial Sciences Building, Room 1420
  
• Thursday, March 20 (noon – 1 pm), Engineering Centers Building, Tong Auditorium, Room 1003
  
• Thursday, March 27 (8 – 9 am), Health Sciences Learning Center, Lecture Hall 1335
  
• Monday, March 31 (noon – 1 pm), Microbial Sciences Building, Room 1520
  
• Monday, April 7 (noon – 1 pm), Social Sciences Building, Room 8417
  

Learn more about the NIH Policy

New Video on Author's Rights

Watch this two-minute flash video entitled "Author's Rights" to learn more about managing your rights as an author. The video was released by SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, in cooperation with the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries. It gives a nice overview of the issues you may want to keep in mind when signing a publishing agreement when your article is accepted by a journal.

To retain more of your rights for future control of your intellectual property, the UW-Madison Faculty Senate has endorsed using this Addendum to Publication Agreements for CIC Authors.

NIH Issues Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research

Notice Number NOT-OD-08-033: In accordance with Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 ), the NIH voluntary Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-05-022) is now mandatory. The law states:

The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.