Monthly Archives: January 2008

Another contribution to the commons — this one’s a Spanish textbook

A book which I scanned has just been posted to Project Gutenberg, free (gratis and public domain) to the world. It’s a textbook for learning Spanish: Lecturas fáciles con ejercicios, by Lawrence Wilkins and Max Luria, from 1916. It’s Project … Continue reading

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Public access is law at the NIH: What’s next?

On Dec. 26, President Bush signed HR 2764, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, bringing into law a requirement for a mandatory public access policy for National Institutes of Health grantees. Peter Suber has (as usual!) been covering events at Open Access … Continue reading

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