Sophie Rovner, Pressures Mount for Journals: Academics resist price increases as politicians probe publishing business, Chemical & Engineering News 82(11), 10 (March 15, 2004). A brief news article notes the UK Parliament's Committee on Science & Technology's inquiry into scientific journal pricing and the viability of open access. A review of universities' efforts to resist Elsevier's "big deal" is also included.
Posted by
Garrett at 3/15/2004 02:28:00 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.
