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</font></a>It’s’ here, and I have to say it came quicker than I expected – the first big stick for researchers – the</span></span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119); font-size:15px"> </span><a href="http://www.plosone.org/static/policies#sharing" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(141,8,29); text-decoration:none"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">PLoS
data sharing policy</span></a><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; color:rgb(119,119,119)">. </span><span style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">What
this policy means for researchers is that if they refuse to share the data accompanying their publication – they can’t publish in PLoS. It also means that if they get published, but then hide their data after the fact </span><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">they
can have their publication retracted. This is an example of a really firm hand in an area where there hasn’t been one before. My first thought when I read this: what an amazing opportunity for librarians! It’s no secret that researchers have mixed feelings
about the policy; some are</span></span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119); font-size:15px"> </span><a href="http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/plos-is-letting-the-inmates-run-the-asylum-and-this-will-kill-them/" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(141,8,29); text-decoration:none"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">angry </span></a><span style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">and</span></span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119); font-size:15px"> </span><a href="http://rxnm.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/fan-fiction/" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(141,8,29); text-decoration:none"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">frustrated</span></a><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; color:rgb(119,119,119)">, </span><span style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">others</span></span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119); font-size:15px"> </span><a href="http://www.homolog.us/blogs/blog/2014/03/10/plos-requires-pis-cut-deposit-finger-submission/?utm_content=buffer28299&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(141,8,29); text-decoration:none"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">see
the light</span></a><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119); font-size:15px"> </span><span style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">and
understand that this has been a long time coming. What librarians can do is ease the pain a little bit and try as best they can to reduce the burden on these researchers and provide them with options that will make this transition as easy as possible. While
PLoS is the only publisher providing this big stick for data sharing, I expect Nature, Science and others will be following suit before long. Not to mention the various federal policies </span><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">from
the NSF, NIH, and now finally Canada with the</span></span><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119); font-size:15px"> </span><a href="http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/about-au_sujet/publications/digital_scholarship_consultation_e.pdf" style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(141,8,29); text-decoration:none"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">Tri-Council </span></a><span style="border:0px; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline"><span class="remarkable-pre-marked" style="border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; line-height:inherit; font-size:15px; margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; position:relative">looking
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