The EU i2010 strategy has launched a new web site on the Digital Libraries Initiative, including a new FAQ. The project is European-wide and multi-lingual, covering both the sciences and cultural heritage, and includes a commitment to massive digitization, long-term preservation, and open access for works in the public domain and those copyrighted works for which the project can obtain permission.
PS: I'd say more about this important initiative here but I've often blogged it in the past. I hope the new web site lets the i2010 team streamline or simplify its confusing proliferation of sites.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/14/2006 10:17:00 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.
