On April 16, 2024, the University of California (UC) and Authors Alliance hosted a free webinar to explore the deposit rights environment authors will face under new, zero-embargo public access policies from federal funders, and the role institutions can play in supporting these rights. This event was co-sponsored by the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), the HBCU Library Alliance, the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), and the Texas Digital Library (TDL). A summary of this event will soon be available on our Event page.
Following the event, attendees were invited to join a statement in support of using the Federal purpose license to implement the 2022 OSTP public access memo. We invite everyone in our community to read and share the statement, and to show their support by signing on to the statement. All signatures are welcome, including those from individuals, institutions, and consortia.