For some OAN readers, this glimpse into the future may be new:
There have been a number of developments since the ESRC Open Access mandate came into effect (in October 2006), including strong interest from within the community in scoping and developing open access repositories, predominantly institutional.
The second phase of ESRC Society Today provided proof of concept for interoperation with other repositories, allowing automated harvesting and linkage of ESRC funded output records, and extending the awards and outputs database as an ESRC Social Sciences Repository (a subject repository). Users within the community are also utilising the technology to harvest ESRC materials from the repository for their own purposes.
Research Councils UK has commissioned a Study on Open Access to Research Outputs, aimed at reviewing the impact of the RCUK position statements on Open Access, which is scheduled to deliver its findings in autumn 2008.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/20/2007 10:11:00 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.
