Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources

The National Academy Of Sciences And The National Research Council Held A Meeting, Finding The Path: Issues Of Access To Research Resources, On January 27-28, 1999. As Conference Chair David Galas Described It, The Meeting Was Intended 'not To Come To Any Sort Of Consensus Or Do An In-depth Analysis Of These Issues, But Rather To Get The Range Of Issues, As They Exist Today, On The Table, To Try To Focus Some Of These Issues, Gather The Opinion Of The Speakers, And Be Informed By The Speakers About Them, And Then Attempt To Sharpen The Focus By Our Discussion And, Where It's Possible, To Interrelate The Issues.' This Summary Of The Conference Has Been Divided Into Three Chapters On Material Transfer Agreements, On Patents, And On Data Collection And Informatics. These Represent Focal Points To Which Are Attached Many Important Issues About The Practices Of Stakeholders Of Research Resources And The Policies That Shape Their Motivations. Finding The Path: Issues Of Access To Research Resources; Copyright; Priority Issues Of Access To Research Resources; Policies On The Patenting Of Biologic Materials; Material Transfer Agreements And Licensing; International Material Transfer; Database Development And Use; Access To Data In The Private Sector; Preface; Contents; Introduction; 1 Material Transfer Agreements; 2 Patents; 3 Data Collection And Informatics; Protein Crystallography; The Protein Data Bank; Culture Collections; Museums And Botanic Gardens Ecologydevelopmental Psychology; Human-population Databases; Epilogue; Appendix A Program And Discussion Questions; Discussion Questions: Panel 1 Issues In Biotechnology And Genomics; Discussion Questions: Panel 2 Issues At The Interface Of University, Industry, And Government Policy; Discussion Questions: Panel 3 Issues Of Access To Research Resources Across The Disciplines; Supplementary Questions For Participants In Panel Three; Crystallography; Software And Hardware; Microbiology; Sociology; Psychology; Ecology; Anthropology Biodiversityappendix B Participant Biographies; Conference Chairman; Distinguished Speakers Commission On Life Sciences, National Research Council. Title From Pdf Title Page.