In the Summer issue of the Boston Review David Bollier summarizes the issues and his own recent work on reclaiming the commons, including the information commons. Excerpt: "Gift economies are the animating force behind scientific research communities, blood donation systems, New York City's community gardens, and Alcoholics Anonymous....The invaluable role of public science is reflected as well in medical patents. According to a study commissioned by the National Science Foundation, 'more than 70 percent of the scientific papers cited on the front pages of U.S. industry patents [were products of] public science' —government or academia— while only 17 percent were industry sponsored."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/05/2002 12:18:00 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.
