PC-0259 · generation 0 · Supporting Ecosystem

Public Access to Science Act

Proposed federal requirement for free public access to taxpayer-funded science.

public-access legislationBook evidence

At a glance

Directory scope: Supporting Ecosystem
Candidate tier: Support node
Role in the book: enabler
Book portrayal: proposed legislation
Book evidence: Ch. 5, pp. 136-137, 142 | Ch. 7, pp. 179-180, 200
Current verification: Book evidence only · current review pending

Current evidence state

This record currently carries the historical book evidence. A current-web review can add present-day status evidence while preserving that historical layer.

Propose current evidence

Commons anatomy

What kind of work is this?

public-access legislation

What did it provide?

Proposed federal requirement for free public access to taxpayer-funded science. Proposed OA mandate for government-funded research using public-domain status.

Governance and sustainability

Operator, funding, and governance documentation remain open evidence fields for this record.

Preservation

Preservation documentation remains an open evidence field. Historical access pointers stay visible below.

As documented in the book

This section presents source-grounded summaries with the book’s chapter and pagination. Present-day status appears in its own evidence layer.

Chapter 5 · Mertonianism Unbound? Imagining Free, Decentralized Access to Most Cultural and Scientific Material

Proposed federal requirement for free public access to taxpayer-funded science.

Printed pages 136-137, 142 · enabler · public-access legislation · evidence in narrative

Chapter 7 · Creating an Intellectual Commons through Open Access

Proposed OA mandate for government-funded research using public-domain status.

Printed pages 179-180, 200 · enabler · public-access legislation · evidence in narrative

Sources and pointers

Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice ↗Generation-0 source · Ch. 5, pp. 136-137, 142 | Ch. 7, pp. 179-180, 200

Related by book type

This generated list uses the shared normalized book type public-access legislation. It does not yet assert a sourced project-to-project relationship.

This record currently has an open connection field.