Robert Stern, Open Access Articles From The NIH, SternViews, September 13, 2004. Summarizes recent news about NIH plan and makes the following comments:
This is a dicey issue for the same reason that drug and clinical trial access is a hot potato.
The world is asking for access, transparency and equality on a level playing field. Who would be against that theory?
The rub as always: who will pay?
Posted by
Garrett at 9/13/2004 04:20:00 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.
