The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project has launched a guide for organisations and academic institutions who implement and manage [open access] digital repositories. We believe the guide will be beneficial to repository managers as a practical day-to-day tool.
‘A Guide to Developing Open Access Through Your Digital Repository’ examines and explains the copyright issues involved in depositing and accessing material in digital repositories....Finally, the guide touches on more technical considerations, such as software and metadata.
We see the guide as a building block towards a broader accessibility framework. While the focus is Australian law, it has potential to be adapted to other jurisdictions.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/20/2007 06:18:00 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.
