News & Announcements
In an announcement (Notice Number: NOT-OD-25-138) made on July 30, 2025, the NIH is currently requesting feedback on proposed limits to grant funding available to researchers to cover publication costs. The change would go into effect on January 1, 2026 for all new and competing awards and proposals, or ‘Other Transactions’ executed on or…
Earlier this month, the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) published a report titled, “America’s Data Future: Towards A Roadmap for Action,” which provides an excellent and rich synthesis of the challenges facing federally-funded data, both that which is generated directly by government agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau or the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
NIH Public Access Policy In April the NIH Director announced that the effective date for the new NIH Public Access Policy would be moved up to July 1, 2025 (the effective date was previously December 31, 2025). Here’s what you need to know and some resources to help you out! What is the NIH Public…
You may have seen news about data being removed from various government websites, including NIH, CDC, and NOAA-sponsored sites as well as individual datasets from data.gov and other large aggregators. While this is indeed alarming, many data professionals in the wider research community were already working on creating backups and mirrors of government-hosted data. Those…
Written by: Matthew Person Last Fall we reported on OA publishing opportunities for MBLWHOI Library served Woods Hole scientists (at MBL, WHOI, SEA, USGS, and WCRC.) Here’s a quick mid-year update: The American Society for Microbiology journal titles (with one exception, Molecular and Cellular Biology) will in 2025 become part of the S2O, (“Subscribe to…
The 2023 global Open Access week theme is Community over Commercialization. The Woods Hole science community has some opportunities to publish without article processing charges in open access publications which the MBLWHOI Library holds OA agreements with. Scientists who are corresponding authors may publish open access in the journals of the following publishers without paying any charges: Annual…
Titanic is a ship that lives in our collective memory as a symbol of a gilded era that ended abruptly and tragically in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early 20th century. When she was discovered in 1985, world attention was again focused on this vessel and the lasting impact of that night. As the…
Every October we have the opportunity to celebrate the incredibly valuable records and artifacts that are found in the archives. Archivists collect, preserve, and provide access to historically significant collections of unique materials, such as photographs, films, sound recordings, personal manuscripts, and official records. This work strengthens our collective memory by preserving and providing access…
In August, the Biden Administration released a memorandum through the White House Office of Science & Technology (OSTP) updating and strengthening a 2013 memorandum from the Obama White House. This guidance builds on years of progress that have been made in the US regarding Open Science, and brings the country closer to other governments that…
Open Access Week (October 24-30, 2022) is upon us again with this year’s theme being Open For Climate Justice. Much of the research being done by the Woods Hole Scientific Community is essential to understanding the broad, and unequal, impact climate change is having on our planet and those who make it their home. About 44%…