Declan Butler, Publishers irritated by Google's digital library, Nature 443, 446 (3 February 2005). (Access restricted to subscribers.) Butler reports of Google's evident neglect to secure permission from publishers for digitization of texts in its collaborative project with major research libraries. Sally Morris of ALPSP comments that no such deals have been made, and Terry Hulbert of IoP remarks: "Google should have spoken to the learned societies and publishers" prior to announcing the project. However, Google claims it is "working closely with publishers." Meanwhile, Peter Kosewski of Harvard University Library "says the library believes that the way Google intends to handle copyrighted works is consistent with the law."
Posted by
Garrett at 2/02/2005 03:02:00 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.
