Commenting on the choice to publish the journal Open Access, Editor-in-Chief Eva Erman stated, “It is important that a journal dedicated to global ethical issues should be accessible to a global audience and not just to those who can afford a subscription. Being Open Access, the journal will reach the widest possible audience of researchers, professionals, graduate students, policy-makers and activists....”
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/12/2007 07:07:00 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.
