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On December 16, 2011, Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced The Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) which would turn back the NIH Public Access Policy. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. To learn more about the bill visit the Library of Congress.

Some publishers, taxpayer groups, researchers, and professional organizations are in opposition to the Research Works act.

• Nature Publishing Group and Digital Science issued a joint statement on the Research Works Act
• The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publishers of Science journal titles issued a statement of opposition
• The Lancet published an editorial “The Research Works Act: a damaging threat to science”
• Open Access publishers BioMed Central and PLos have also issued statements
• The Alliance for Taxpayer Access and the Medical Library Association both issued a call to action urging people to contact their representatives.

Elsevier, a main supporter of the Research Works Act has come under scrutiny and boycott in recent months.  The publisher has also gained the attention of Forbes magazine.  On Janurary 28, 2012, Tim Worstall from Forbes contributed this piece to Forbes “Elsevier’s Publishing Model Might be About to Go Up in Smoke”.   Wondering what Elsevier has to say about all of this?  In an article in The Chronicle for Higher Education, the publisher offers its side of the story.

Are you often frustrated when you read research studies? Do you sometimes wonder why they are so challenging? Would you be interested in learning how to use the tool of research to help you improve your patient outcomes through evidence-based practice? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join us for the Webinar: Demystifying Research: Simplifying Critical Appraisal.

Anne Dabrow Woods, MSN, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, Chief Nurse of Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Journals and Ovid Technologies, and Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, MA, RN, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing, will have a discussion with Dr. Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, to address the steps to critically appraise research evidence and demonstrate how to embrace the process of distilling the pearls that research has to offer.

Dr. Fineout-Overholt is currently Dean & Professor, Groner School of Professional Studies and Chair, Department of Nursing of East Texas Baptist University. Additionally, she is one of the authors of AJN’s, award winning, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step series.

Don’t miss this important opportunity to enhance your knowledge and sharpen your skills about critical appraisal of evidence.

Register Today! If you cannot attend, be sure to register for the webcast anyway – we’ll let you know when the archive becomes available so you can watch on demand.