Priceless Information, an unsigned editorial in the Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2004, welcoming the launch of PLoS Medicine and endorsing the NIH plan. Excerpt: "[The launch of PLoS Medicine] is important not only to scientists; if the journal succeeds in democratizing the spread of quality research, it could accelerate the discovery of disease cures. (PS: I hate to nitpick a friendly editorial, but in discussing the NIH plan it perpetuates the misunderstanding that the plan mandates publishing in OA journals rather than deposit in the OA archive, PubMed Central.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/06/2004 07:25:00 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.
