I meant to blog this a month ago, but apparently forgot. (Thanks to Richard Akerman for the reminder.)
Peter Murray-Rust, Open Chemistry, a preprint posted to Nature Precedings on October 1, 2007.
Abstract: An invited article on Open Chemistry discussing the importance of Open Access and Open Data and stressing the emerging role of the blogosphere.
Also see PMR's blog post on his submission and expectations.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/27/2007 03:25:00 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.
