I am pleased to report that the Atlantic Provinces Library Association passed the following motions at their Ordinary General Meeting during the CLA/APLA/NLLA National Conference held in St. John’s NL May 23-28, 2007:
Motion: It is moved that APLA support open access publishing, and begin with Volume 71 of the APLA bulletin, to be open access.
Motion: It is moved that APLA adopt a creative commons copyright statement with the first online issue, to replace the current copyright statement.
Both were passed unanimously.
I believe this makes APLA the second library association in Canada to fully support open access publishing.
PS: Kudos to APLA.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/12/2007 03:12:00 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.
