When INSERM signed the Berlin Declaration, it released a public statement in French and English. Excerpt from the English edition: "Our Institution considers that every researcher has to have an open and free access to every scientific publication. We stimulate discussion within our biomedical research community on new possibilities in providing open access to the primary scientific literature. In addition to our scientists, our goal is to associate all relevant parties, other organizations that develop and support scientific research, publishers in charge of the peer-reviewing process, public authorities, policy makers and international agencies concerned, librarians and scientific information engineers who depend on access to this knowledge. We have to stress that for Inserm, publication of results is an essential part of scientific research and the costs of publication are part of the cost of doing research." (Thanks to Klaus Graf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/21/2003 04:29:00 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.
