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Consultation regarding open access vehicles for publication
Consultation services and workshops
Consultations and mediated deposits
Currently, we provide advice upon request regarding open access and open data mandates. The Biomedical
Library has developed a comprehensive set of instructions to aid authors in complying with the NIH Public Access
Mandate. Additionally, the library holds formal training sessions for faculty/researchers on how to comply with open
access mandates.
Data management planning services, compliance assistance, and PubMed
Guide and consultations
Heath science librarians provide instructional materials concerning the NIH Access Policy and Compliance.
Help faculty put their data in a publicly accessible location. Help NIH researchers meet compliance requirements with
publications in PubMed Central. Building website with information for PIs: what compliance entails and how to achieve
it, and common pitfalls.
Information and awareness of mandates
Institutional repository is available as a deposit location.
Interpret policies and advise on compliance.
Just beginning to support the PMCID process (NIH).
Liaison librarian consultation, but the support is minimal.
Liaison librarians work with faculty and their staff to identify publications and update reporting requirements for NIH
public access policy requirements. Liaison librarians also work with faculty completing data management plans for NSF
and other funding organizations that require freely accessible data as part of the publication plan.
Liaisons work with faculty in their liaison area departments, also data management, Purdue University Research
Repository (PURR) data management plan tools.
Librarians are available to review data management plans if requested by faculty/researchers.
Librarians at Penn State Hershey developed and maintain a site for compliance: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/
hershey/resources/copyright/nihcomp.html. The Libraries Research Data Management Study Team developed a guide
for data management.
Librarians provide information about mandates and assist with resolving compliance issues.
Medical informationists provide online training materials (LibGuides). They are consulted by faculty to determine if NIH
mandate applies and have helped with NIHMS submission.
Pilot project in 2013 for NIH compliance working with authors, publishers, and NIH to confirm and address compliance
and deposit issues. Sample compliance rates and work with the research office to target outreach. Provide general
awareness materials to researchers, instructional materials, and in-person guidance.
Regularly provide workshops on funder mandate compliance and answer questions about compliance.
Research data management plan consultations
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