Gita Widya Laksmini, Because the public have the right to know, Jakarta Post, October 5, 2004. Excerpt: "It is clear that information is the oxygen of democracy, without it democracy suffocates. Therefore, it is essential for democratic nations to secure legal protection on freedom of information, because without open access to public information, the democratic nature disappears....On Sept. 28, the international community commemorated the World's Right to Know Day. It was a day when numerous organizations from various countries around the globe met in Sofia, Bulgaria, to launch a global movement for the promotion of the right to information as a basic human right, to access government-held information and to establish open and transparent governance. The hope is that there will come a day when all governments in the world recognize their obligation to guarantee the right of each individual to access to information on what the governments are doing."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/05/2004 08:40:00 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.
