The document discusses the advancements in public access to research, highlighting various open access models and collaborations with government agencies like the USDA and NSF. It provides guidance on how researchers can look up reuse rights for downloaded articles, emphasizing the importance of metadata and audits in maintaining accessibility. Chorus initiatives seek to enhance transparency and cost-effective access to publicly funded research outputs.

1. Discovering Reuse Rights
11 January 2017
Howard Ratner, Execu7ve Director
hratner@chorusaccess.org Ÿ www.chorusaccess.org Ÿ @chorusaccess
Access Ÿ Discovery Ÿ Compliance Ÿ Iden9fica9on Ÿ Preserva9on

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More content is publicly accessible than ever before
• government and private funder mandates
• gold and green open access models
CHORUS brings together:
• Crossref’s reuse license metadata and funder
iden7fiers
• CHORUS public accessibility audits
• Other interconnected metadata to help researchers
and their ins7tu7ons
What can a researcher do with ar7cles
that they download?
Open ques7ons s7ll remain!

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How to look up reuse terms via
Crossref
1. Have DOI handy
2. Type into browser:
http://api.crossref.org/works/<DOI>
For example:
http://api.crossref.org/works/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.012301

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PLUS OVER 118
SIGNATORIES

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US Agencies & CHORUS
US Department of Agriculture
Signed Letter of Agreement
on 27 October 2016
Department of Defense
Announced Partnership on 3
February 2016 Signed Agreement
on 18 December 2015
National Science Foundation
Announced Partnership on 30
November 2015
Signed Agreement on
1 October 2015
US Geological Survey
Announced Partnership
on 16 November 2015
Signed Agreement on
23 October 2015
Smithsonian
Announced Partnership on 18
August 2015 Signed Agreement
on
24 June 2015
NIST
Signed Pilot Agreement on 9 July
2015
US Department of Energy
Announced Partnership on 4
August 2014
Signed Agreement on
15 April 2015
Active discussions with 5-10 other
US federal and international agencies

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Advancing sustainable, cost-effec9ve public access
to ar9cles repor9ng on funded research

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Institution

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API and dashboards for
monitoring and tracking
publisher contributions
to CHORUS
Government
Agency Reports
Ins7tu7on Reports
Publisher Reports
Monitoring & Dashboards
Live dashboard: dashboard.chorusaccess.org/nsf

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# deposits
iden7fying
funding
Content tested
for public
accessibility
# records
having
reuse terms
posted
hYp://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/nsf
# deposits
made
to dark
archives

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CHORUS Pilots
Launched Sept 2016
Launched July 2016

18. Discover more informa9on
www.chorusaccess.org
Contact: Howard Ratner
hratner@chorusaccess.org
Follow us on TwiYer: @chorusaccess
Access Ÿ Discovery Ÿ Compliance Ÿ Iden9fica9on Ÿ Preserva9on