OCLC and IMLS are funding a project to learn how people use electronic information resources. Quoting Brenda Dervin, professor of communication at Ohio State and principal investigator for the project: "We know a lot about who is using these electronic resources, when they are using it and where. But there is just a dabbling of research on the hows and whys. We want to know how people are choosing their electronic resources, why they are choosing some resources over others, and how they are fitting it into their personal and professional lives." (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/16/2004 10:29:00 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.
