In today's issue of The Scientist, Helen Gavaghan reports on both the JISC deal with BioMed Central and the Sabo Public Access to Science Act. The common thread is the government support for open access. She also weaves in the June 20 Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, which is supported by both public and private funding agencies. Quoting Jill Taylor-Roe, head of liaison and academic services at University of Newcastle upon Tyne: "These are exciting times."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/30/2003 04:47:00 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.
