I just mailed the February issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. In addition to the usual round-up of news from the past month, it takes a close look at recent revisions that water down the NIH public-access policy. The Top Stories section includes notes on the new self-archiving policy from Nature and the three new OA journals from the Public Library of Science.
Update. I'm having trouble with the list software. So at least for the next few hours, the February issue will only be available online.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/02/2005 09:47:00 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.