The current buzzwords in
electronic information
delivery begin with the word
“open”: open source, open content,
open standards, open access, open
archives. The trend towards making
content and resources available on
the Internet is spreading quickly
throughout the academic world....Although the impact of
these developments on the Jewish studies community may be minimal,
it is growing every day....Jewish studies scholars
internationally would benefit from
the creation of an electronic
repository into which authors can
self-archive and make available their
output. Israel Scholar Works is a new initiative that seeks to serve as a
“digital archive for creative work by
the faculty and staff of Israel
Academic Institutions and Jewish
scholars all around the world.”...As members of the Jewish studies
scholarly community, we are in the
best position to determine the value
and usefulness of these tools [OA repositories, search engines, book digitization, blogs and RSS feeds]. We
must take the initiative and familiarize
ourselves with new Web-based
technologies and services. This will
enable us, individually and
collaboratively, to expand the
presence of easily accessible primary
and secondary scholarly and research
materials in the digital world.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/05/2006 07:47:00 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.
