The UK has created an open-access national archive and adopted a new "legal deposit" law requiring UK creators of new digital content to put copies into the archive. Publishers have permission to delay deposit in order to avoid undermining the market value of their offerings, for example, of stock forecasts. Apparently some websites are also exempt because they are too ephemeral. More news coverage. (PS: Does anyone know whether any embargo periods or exceptions apply to scholarly journals?)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/09/2003 12:03:00 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.
