Lynne Horwood and Shirley Sullivan, The Open Access model of research publishing, a preprint. An unusually detailed and careful survey of the issues. Abstract: 'New models of research publication have been developing in recent years. Examples include the open access journal model (such as BioMed Central (BMC)) and Public Library of Science (PLoS)), and growth in number and content of institutional and subject based repositories. Open access publishing, in particular, has made spectacular inroads over the past 12 months. The paper will discuss features of open access journal publishing, the benefits they offer to academic institutions and the responses from the publishing, library and academic communities.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/30/2005 08:37:00 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.
