Klaus Graf has written an update for authors of research literature published in Germany before 1995. There is a beautiful opportunity to make those works OA, but it requires action before the end of this month. Read Klaus' update in the original German or Google's English.
PS: For some background in English, see my post from late November.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/15/2007 09:32:00 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.