Apologies for cross-posting. More than 50 journal publishers, including all of the major ones, have proposed a new model for federal agencies to comply with the OSTP open access directive released back in February. The model is called CHORUS: Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States. You can read more about it in: The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/publishers-propose-public-private-partnership-to-support-access-to-research/44005 and The Scholarly Kitchen http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/06/04/joining-a-chorus-publishers-offer-the-ostp-a-proactive-modern-and-cost-saving-public-access-solution/ -- Chris Belter ([log in to unmask]) Public Services Librarian, LAC Group 301-713-2600 x131 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5221-6880 On assignment at: NOAA Central Library 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910