In his July 15 column for Library Journal, Roy Tennant defends the ALA resolution protesting the Patriot Act and argues that patriotism as if our constitution matters will lead libraries to destroy borrowing records before turning them over to the FBI. Excerpt: "This July 4th, did you think about what it is about America that makes you a patriot? If you're like me, it is that in this country you can say what you think, vote for whom you want, and read whatever you please. All without the government looking over your shoulder—at least until now." (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/18/2003 09:26:00 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.
