AIM 4. Increase public awareness of the developments, achievements and impacts that flow from Research Council funded research....
The Research Councils will:...Promote an increased awareness of research and the scientific process among non-specialist audiences, by working in partnership with expert deliverers such as the mass media and regional science centres to ensure that the public have open access to the outcomes of Research Councils’ investment in world-leading research.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/24/2006 03:30:00 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.