[T]he [European] Commission’s Communication on Scientific Information in the Digital Age issued this week does not make clear why government intervention is needed and risks promoting one business model over another.
I'm glad to see the implication that the Communication calls for some kind of "intervention" and I hope it's the EU-wide OA mandate recommended in the report commissioned by the EC itself.
But as far as I know, the EC Communication has not yet been issued. I haven't seen any announcement on any list (and I track the lists that would probably talk about it). There's no mention of it in the EC's press room. It doesn't turn up on a search of the EC site. And the scheduled release date isn't until February 15. Did publishers get an advance copy?
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/13/2007 04:09:00 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.
