I haven't seen the news from an official Harvard source yet, but the Chronicle of Higher Educationconfirms that the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences adopted the OA policy defended by University Librarian Robert Darnton earlier today in the Harvard Crimson.
Comment. This is very good news. For my first thoughts, see my comments this morning on Darnton's op-ed.
I'm spending the night in a gate at the Philadelphia airport, too groggy to think and too uncomfortable to doze off. I won't be in a condition to compose second thoughts or digest other responses until I can sleep and catch up (probably Thursday).
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/12/2008 11:53:00 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.
