From: "Cliff Lynch" <CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org>
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:56:31 -0500
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Subject: Joint APLU-AAU Report on Public Access to Research Data
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I wanted to share this announcement with the CNI-community. The report=20
is short (9 pages) and a good read; it includes a number of very, very=20
helpful recommendations that I hope get very careful consideration by=20
the US Federal research funders.=20

=46rom the announcement:


"The Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of=20
Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released a report that=20
details principles and recommended actions universities and federal=20
agencies can take to advance timely access to data from=20
federally-sponsored research grants.
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The report, produced by a working group of research university leaders=20
that AAU and APLU convened, details steps federal agencies can take to=20
facilitate public access to research data in a viable and sustainable=20
manner that advances science in the public interest while minimizing=20
the administrative burden on agencies, universities, and researchers.=20
The report also contains actions universities should take both=20
collectively and individually to align with the goals of research data=20
sharing."

The full announcement and a pointer to the report (a PDF).=20

https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/university-groups-detail-recomm=
endations-ensuring-public-access-research

Full disclosure: Along with many others, I had an opportunity to=20
exchange ideas with the committee that prepared this report in the=20
course of their discussions.=20

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI