The PrometeoNetwork is a "free, online, global network of doctors and researchers in life sciences". Launched in January 2007, its members can already reach more than 4,000 colleagues. From the site:
Aims:
To build a trusted and solid community where Researchers and Physicians benefit from networking, sharing knowledge and promoting scientific collaborations.
To promote the formation of subgroups based on scientific topics or nationality, to enhance benefits of our Members.
To give visibility to our Members' work by publishing it in our website news and/or through Press Agencies.
To make the latest scientific news available to our members on our website and through our partner-site, Within3.
To organize fund-raising events to give grants and scholarships for research projects or training of researchers in Life Sciences.
To facilitate participation of our Members to conferences, supporting them financially, when possible.
To make information and resources in Life Sciences more attainable within the network....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/23/2007 11:28:00 AM.
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.
