Berlin is a Declaration of principle. The next step is to put it into practice, which UQaM is likewise preparing to do shortly, by relaunching its Institutional Repository and it will soon be registering its institutional commitment in:
http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/
http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/sign.php
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/cnc/declaration.fr.html
PS: I'll blog the policy details as soon as they're available.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/04/2006 11:16:00 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.