SURF, the central public funding agency for Dutch science and scholarship, has released its Strategic Plan 2007/10 (May 2006). Excerpt:
SURF has developed a view of the future of the publication cycle in which the researcher’s
workflow takes centre stage. In this manner researchers (and teaching staff) gain easy access to as many sources as
possible, not just publications, but also the underpinning collections of data, (visual)
models and algorithms through ‘enhanced publications’.
SURF intends to achieve this vision of the future through a programme in which ‘enhanced
publications’ are stored and made accessible, and providing free access to researchers
around the world, in any event to products that are financed with public funds. The
existing collaboration with the national knowledge institutes NOW, KNAW and KB will be
intensified for this purpose.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/14/2006 09:44:00 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.
