Leander Kahney, Fast Track for Science Data, Wired News, November 17, 2003. On the launch of the first leg of the National LambdaRail, an optical, ultrafast network dedicated to scientific research. The first leg connects Chicago to Pittsburgh; the rest of the network should be activated before the end of the year. Given the size of modern research projects, from the human genome to 3D maps of universe, much larger pipes are needed to connect research centers if distributed researchers are to share data and tools. Funded by "a private consortium of universities and tech companies," the NLR is the "first step toward the kind of high-speed networks necessary to support the coming era of 'e-science.'"
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/25/2003 05:50:00 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.
