Richard Poynder, No Gain Without Pain, Information Today, November 1, 2004. A good review of the recent history of OA, on the rise of the big deal as an attempt to "outflank" the nascent OA movement, Elsevier's decision to allow postprint archiving, the Springer Open Choice model, the DC principles, and the NIH plan. It closes with an extensive discussion of whether widespread OA archiving (mandated by governments or not) will help or harm subscription-based journals and what forms of OA will bring relief to library budgets.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/01/2004 09:37:00 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.
