I was just going through the weekend’s flurry of blog comments on PRISM, thinking about how extensively to quote them and in what order, when I saw that Coturnix has already posted excerpts from each one, along with his own comments. I’ve been busy writing the September SOAN, which will reply to PRISM in more detail, and I welcome this chance to save time and send you all to his blog.
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.
