Lisa Krieger profiles the Public Library of Science in the July 23 Mercury News. Excerpt: "A new kind of science experiment is brewing in San Francisco. This venture, called the Public Library of Science, aims to revolutionize how research findings are made public, making studies easier to find and less expensive to read. Not some late-night scheme of lab geeks, the library is the brainchild of some of the nation's most reputable scientists, funded by a $9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Its chairman is Dr. Harold Varmus, former chief of the National Institutes of Health. Thirteen Nobel-winning scientists are among its board members and supporters....The Moore Foundation jumped at the chance to offer its support, excited by the prospect that scientists could use the library to incorporate data from research publications into their own databases, reorganize it and then map connections." (Thanks to ResourceShelf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/23/2003 04:18:00 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.
