I just mailed the April 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 the differences between helping scholars and helping libraries, and the differences between helping both and harming publishers. It also looks at some of the obstacles to the goal of 100% open access and our progress in removing them.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/02/2005 12:25:00 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.
