Salon is hyping a program at the San Francisco Public Library to loan ebooks in conjunction with NetLibrary. Yes, the books are free and digital. But borrowers cannot print or copy them, and must get a library card in person at one of the San Francisco branch libraries. Individual ebooks cannot be used by more than one patron simultaneously, and most of the titles are in the public domain and available elsewhere online with fewer restrictions. (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/10/2002 02:26:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
