The Dutch DARE program (Digital Academic REpositories) has launched the Scholars Economic Community, an OA repository and portal for the fields of education and labor economics. From today's announcement:
The aim of this site is to bring together researchers who work in the field of education and labor economics, by providing an online research environment. The Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR) and Vrije Universiteit (VU) have initiated this website.
You can search or browse articles of your fellow researchers on topics such as schooling, the labor market and economic development. Publications are immediately and freely available, whether they are already published or still in progress (e.g. working papers). Moreover, you can share your own publications (for more information see 'Contact' on the community website). There is also a 'Portal' to relevant bibliographic databases. In the community website 'Forum' stimulating discussions will be held on education and labor economics topics. Furthermore, 'Seminars' and 'News' keep you informed about conferences and important developments in your field.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/25/2006 11:45:00 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.
