Whenever a US government web site sells public domain content, Public Resource asks citizens to buy one copy and donate it to Public Resource for OA distribution. To make this work, it has set up an online store stocked with content from 54 federal agencies. From the store's about page:
When you buy content, we get the material from the U.S. government and then upload the data to places like the Internet Archive, Google Video, and other fine content sources. Because this data is public domain, anybody can use the material without restriction!
The Public Resources store is based on the US National Technical Information Service (NTIS), which sells government information to the public. For example, see the Gov.Research Center, the NTIS division devoted to science and technology research.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/12/2007 05:52:00 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.
