Peter Eckersley, Finding a fair price for free knowledge, New Scientist, June 24, 2009.

Vincent S. Smith, Data publication: towards a database of everything, BMC Research Notes, June 24, 2009.

A video of James Boyle's presentation on his book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind, at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (London, March 10, 2009) is now available.

Nick Shockey, Students join access debate, Research Information, June 25, 2009.

Hindawi's Impact Factors Increase by 27%, press release, June 23, 2009.

The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), an OA mandate for research funded by the U.S. federal government, was introduced yesterday by Sens. Joe Lieberman and John Cornyn. What's new since our last post: The bill number (S. 1373) is now available. The bill was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (which Lieberman chairs), as expected.

Senator John Cornyn, Sens. Cornyn & Lieberman Team Up To Increase Public Access To Taxpayer Funded Research, press release, June 25, 2009. See also the press release by the Alliance for Taxpayer Access: Comment. This is big. FRPAA would open a massive amount of research, expanding the NIH policy to most agencies across the government.

Wilfrid Laurier University, Laurier launches open-access archive to enhance availability of research, press release, June 25, 2009. See also the announcement by Open Repository.

The Université de Genève adopted an OA policy, which took effect on June 1, 2009. A directive (in French) detailing the policy was approved on May 18, 2009 by the university's Rectorat . The university's IR also has a page on its policies, including in English. (Thanks to Stevan Harnad.) Comment. My French isn't great and I haven't found an English translation of the directive.

Stuart Shieber, Institute of Education Sciences has an open access policy, The Occasional Pamphlet, June 24, 2009. Comment. My title for this post is perhaps too timid. The question seems to be not whether the Institute has an OA policy, but when and how it was adopted and how it will be implemented.

Open NYSenate is a recently-launched site from the New York State Senate, offering open data and APIs for Senate information.