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NIH to Require Immediate Public Access to NIH-Funded Research
Revised policy ends 12-month embargo, aligns with federal open access directive
Starting July 1, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires that peer-reviewed journal articles resulting from NIH-funded research be made freely available to the public immediately upon publication, with no embargo period.
This update aligns with a 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo directing federal agencies to revise public access policies. The NIH’s updated policy (originally set for December 2025 but moved up) will bring research funded by the agency into full compliance with these new federal requirements.
UCR researchers and grant recipients can find full details and guidance on how to comply by visiting our Open Access LibGuide and going to the NIH’s Revised Public Access Policy tab.
If you have questions, you can contact the University of California's Office of Scholarly Communication at osc@ucop.edu or UCR Digital Scholarship Librarian Dr. Jing Han at jingh@ucr.edu.
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Access Services Desk Assistant
The UCR Library is delighted to announce that effective Oct. 21, Ashley Coyne joined the UCR Library as an Access Services Desk Assistant.
Ashley’s office is located in Circulation / Reserves on the first floor of Rivera Library. She will report to Leslie Settle, Access Services Desk Coordinator.
Ashley earned her BA in Literature and Writing from CSU San Marcos, Certificate in Library and Information Technology from Palomar College, and is currently enrolled in the MLIS program through San Jose State University.
She has worked circulation at several public libraries; but most recently, Ashley served as a Library Assistant in Circulation at the Palomar College Library and as a Library Technician in Acquisitions at the Carlsbad City Library.
Please join us in welcoming Ashley to the library!
Library Network Outage Scheduled for Friday, February 24
On Friday, February 24, 2017, library online services will have intermittent network outages from 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm.
After the Library closes at 6:00 pm on that date, UCR Network Operations in collaboration with a member of the library's Cyberinfrastructure team will perform additional optimization work on the library’s network routers.
This optimization is a follow-up to the upgrade performed on Friday, February 10, and will result in intermittent network outages for approximately two hours.
The following services will be unavailable until the optimization has been completed:
- The library website
- Library digital resources
- Millennium/Scotty
- Library wireless
- Desktop computers will lack Internet connectivity
Library Welcomes New Financial Services Analyst
UCR Library is pleased to inform you that Juancarlos Moran has joined the Library as a Financial Services Analyst 2.
He is assigned to the Planning and Budget Office in Library Administration.
Juancarlos has worked on campus as an affiliate in various departments over the past several months. He is a UCR graduate and earned a BS in Business with a finance concentration.
His duties and responsibilities include purchasing/eBuy, contracts & grants and statistics data gathering/reporting.
Library Administration Welcomes New Communications Specialist
UCR Library is delighted to share that Melanie Ramiro has joined the Library Administration team as our Communications Specialist.
Melanie holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University. She has over 15 years of experience as a communications and marketing professional in corporate, non-profit and academic environments. She has experience with brand development and developing communications plans.
As the Communications Specialist, Melanie will be responsible for developing, implementing, managing and contributing to a comprehensive communications program for the Library.
Library and African Student Programs collaborate on a Black Lives Matter resource guide
The UCR Library staff and African Student Programs collaborated to create a guide for the UCR community on the Black Lives Matter movement.
The guide provides general sources and research information about the Black Lives Matter movement and related social justice issues. It includes websites, books and e-books, streaming videos, podcasts, databases, and more. It is adapted from an openly-licensed guide created by librarians Lalitha Nataraj and Holly Hampton at CSU San Marcos.
The guide came into being when Jamal J. Myrick, Ed.D., Director of African Student Programs (ASP) at UC Riverside, contacted Leslie Settle, Access Services Desk Coordinator for the UCR Library, to ask whether the library could create a resource that focuses on anti-racism, Black History, and cultural movements. “I think that would be a great way for us to show up together,” Dr. Myrick wrote. The goal of the guide was to help the UCR community to learn and engage.
As Dr. Myrick states in the guide’s introduction, “In the last six months, we've reached a critical juncture in the history of the United States that will forever be etched in time. From grieving over cancelled milestone moments due to COVID-19, to remote learning interactions, to the numerous lynchings of Black bodies resulting in calls for justice, researchers will surely look back on this year with intrigue.”
Settle brought Dr. Myrick’s suggestion to the Director of Teaching and Learning, Dani Cook, and Deputy University Librarian, Ann Frenkel, who supported the idea.
Cook enlisted Kathy Tran, a student employee from the library's Teaching and Learning department, to adapt and expand the original online guide. The draft guide was then shared with Dr. Myrick and the ASP, library staff, and other members of the UCR community for additions and feedback.
Frenkel felt it was crucial for the UCR Library’s guide to include local resources and information relevant to Riverside and the surrounding region. “Kathy did an amazing job in updating the resources to reflect UCR’s holdings and services, as well as adding additional social media and other resources,” Cook said.
“Taking on this project has energized, empowered and educated me in so many ways,” Tran said. “Researching different resources helped me see what I can do to further educate myself in the different aspects of Black Lives Matter, but it has also helped me refer different resources to my friends, family, and fellow classmates.” She added that the guide can serve as an educational tool in all aspects of our community lives.
The finished guide can be found here.
As Dr. Myrick writes, “We invite you to immerse yourself in the videos, podcasts, and readings (many available at the library) and allow the information you learn to provide life-transforming ideas for your fight for justice and life.”
Library staff will consider suggestions from the UCR community (use this form) for additional resources that may be added to the guide.
New agreement to decrease cost of publishing in journals for UC authors
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the University of California (UC) today announced a two-year agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in the nonprofit open access publisher’s suite of journals.
By bringing together PLOS, one of the world’s leading native open access publishers, and UC, which accounts for nearly 10 percent of all U.S. publishing output, the pilot breaks new ground in the global movement to advance open access publishing and empower more authors to share their research with the world.
“Scientific research is increasingly an international endeavor, often at its best when it crosses conceptual, disciplinary, and technological boundaries,” said Keith Yamamoto, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy and Professor of Cellular Molecular Pharmacology at UC San Francisco, and a member of the PLOS Board of Directors. “Building that global continuum of discovery demands open, efficient, and rapid distribution of information. This agreement shows that key institutional stakeholders — universities and publishers — can work cooperatively to develop sustainable models that serve science, scientists, and trainees.”
Part of the agreement includes a new workflow, which the partners are working to implement by the end of spring quarter. Once the workflow has been finalized, the UC Libraries will automatically pay the first $1,000 of the article processing charge (APC) for all UC authors who choose to publish in a PLOS journal. Authors who do not have research funds available can request full funding of the article processing charge from the libraries, ensuring that lack of research funds does not present a barrier for UC authors who wish to publish in PLOS journals. This subsidy will be available for articles submitted after the new article processing system is up and running.
The pilot will illustrate that an institutional participation model that leverages multiple funding sources, rather than only grant funds, can enable a sustainable and inclusive path to full open access.
“This agreement is the result of open and fully collaborative discussions,” said Alison Mudditt, CEO of PLOS. “Open access publishers and libraries are natural allies, and we’re thrilled our first agreement is with UC, given their reputation for strong action supporting open access in the market. Open access is evolving. We have a duty to meet those changing needs with solutions that ensure the future of open access is accessible for all.”
Most institutional agreements have so far focused on subscription publishers that are transitioning to open access. PLOS and UC believe that institutional agreements of this kind can and should include native open access publishers since they are already aligned with current and emerging open access policies and mandates. This pilot builds upon UC’s commitment to a level playing field that supports all authors and all publishers in alignment with the university’s guidelines for evaluating transformative agreements.
“UC and PLOS have a long and close relationship as leaders in open access publishing — and this pilot builds on that partnership,” said Ivy Anderson, associate executive director of UC’s California Digital Library and co-chair of the team overseeing UC’s publisher negotiations. “We want to make it easier and more affordable for researchers to choose open access journals like PLOS when deciding where to submit their work for publication. We intend to continue to partner with a variety of publishers so that together we can help lead the transition to full open access.”
Additionally, the UCR Library is still seeking input from UC Riverside's faculty, esearchers and graduate students regarding the impact the Elsevier shutoff has had on your research and teaching. You can learn more by reading this article, and take the poll here.
Geospatial Mapping
The need to view, create, or analyze geospatial information touches almost all academic disciplines.
In addition, computer and data scientists create the geographic information systems (GIS) that collect, manipulate and store geospatial data. The UCR Library provides support to students and researchers involved in these sought-after geospatial skill sets.
Patent & Trademark Services
A Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) assists inventors with finding information needed to protect their intellectual property.
PTRCs, which are coordinated by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), provide support for using search tools to access patent and trademark information - a critical first step for anyone considering filing a patent or trademark.