David Dickson and Christina Scott, Soros scheme provides grants for scientists to publish research in open-access journal, Cape Times, April 2, 2004. More on last week's announcement from OSI that it was funding memberships in PLoS for research institutions in developing countries. Excerpt: "Biologists and medical scientists in Cape Town have until April 15 to apply for the first batch of funding to cover the expense of publishing their research in an open-access journal - that is, a journal prepared to make information freely available to all who want it....Open Society officials say the new programme reflects their commitment to the principle of free access to the results of scientific research, and in particular to the potential benefits that open access models of scientific publishing offer to researchers in the developing world."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/01/2004 11:17:00 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.
