...In every respect, Stream embodies the principles and values of the creative commons, and the practices of current and ongoing copyleft movements. From the licence under which articles are published in Stream, to the Open Journal System software that provides the foundation of the web site, to the open-source layout software and public domain typefaces, the journal stands as an exemplar of democratic, open access publication....
Online scholarly journals have the capacity to enhance, extend and elaborate public intellectualism and help to bridge and sustain crossover between the academic and the popular. The need is ever increasing to create greater resonance with a wide range of researchers, and other audiences seeking relevant and reasonably accessible debate and analysis around urgent and vitally important issues in communication and media environments. Stream's approach to both content and production is driven by this need, and by the strongest commitment to thoroughly democratic principles of research dissemination....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/29/2008 09:56:00 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.
