The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has announced hearings Canadian on science and technology policy. (Thanks to Heather Morrison.) The committee will take oral testimony from key stakeholder groups and accept written testimony from anyone else. Written briefs should be sent to INDU@parl.gc.ca by April 18, 2008.
The hearings represent an exceptionally important opportunity to advance issues such as open access, crown copyright, access to public data, and the need for greater flexibility in intellectual property rules....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/20/2008 08:36:00 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.
