Barbara Quint, Elsevier to Close Three End-User Portals, Information Today, December 29, 2003. Mostly on non-OA issues but closing with this observation: "'Open access' issues continue to plague Reed Elsevier. In February and March 2004, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee will hold an inquiry into scientific publishing. The inquiry is expected to cover high subscription prices, the backlash of academics, both faculty and librarians, and possible government support for open access. A Guardian article on the inquiry quoted the committee chair, Ian Gibson MP, as believing in the idea that 'public funded research should be freely available to everybody to see it.' This U.K. move would echo activities already underway in the U.S., from the Public Library of Science to the Sabo bill."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/29/2003 08:33:00 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.
