In Europe, the race is on to digitise our cultural heritage. The goal is to create a European Digital Library containing all our cultural knowledge, accessible to everyone, preserved for ever. But is this the end of the traditional book?
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/20/2008 10:21:00 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.