Today's Boston Globe has an unsigned editorial expressing doubt about the merits and feasibility of open access. Despite the Globe's fairly balanced article last Thursday, this editorial is based on many misunderstandings --for example, that journal availability in libraries that have paid for access diminishes the need for open access, that free access after an embargo period diminishes the need for open access, that free access in developing world diminshes the need for open access, that upfront funding of OA journals makes authors pay, and that article fees paid after acceptance could skew peer review decisions by unpaid referees.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/17/2003 10:10:00 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.
