Germany's DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation) has launched the e-Publications Project (English translation). The project has two goals: (1) greater consortial bargaining power with journal publishers over prices and terms and (2) progress on open access. It cites MathNet, PhysNet, and GAP as German initiatives worth multiplying, and PubMed Central, eScholarship, and DSpace as American models worth emulating. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/25/2003 11:30:00 AM.
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.
