The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, and the US National Library of Medicine have partnered to create PMC Canada-a free digital archive of peer-reviewed health science research. The first element of the PMC Canada system-the search interface-was launched in October 2009. It allows users to browse, search and download articles.
A manuscript submission system is being developed for PMC Canada. It will support CIHR's Policy on Access to Research Outputs, which requires CIHR grant recipients to make their peer-reviewed publications freely accessible online within six months of publication. Once the system is in place, researchers will be able to deposit their CIHR-funded research publications in PMC Canada, exposing their work to a global audience and facilitating collaboration.
