If you remember the announcement from last week, 13 Belgian university rectors and other officials plan to sign the Berlin Declaration on Open Access in Brussels tomorrow. One of the rectors is Bernard Rentier of the University of Liege. Today, Rentier blogged 11 reasons why he plans to sign, four answers to frequently asked questions that faculty might ask about OA, and notes on five OA policies worldwide. Read it in French or Google's English.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/12/2007 03:58:00 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.
