Erica Youngstrom, Technology poses problems for journals, Yale Daily News, November 21, 2003. On the unexpectedly high prices of conventional electronic journals. Quoting Ann Okerson, Yale's Associate University Librarian: "Ten years ago -- everyone believed that electronic [journals] would be really cheap. I think there's a fair amount of disillusionment or disappointment that moving to [toll-access] electronic has not brought down costs or prices." The article doesn't mention the open-access alternative. (Thanks to Gary Price.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/25/2003 12:39:00 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.
