...The necessary self-education of the individual scientist...can be realized only if every barrier to access to scientific documents is maximally reduced....To realize optimal facilitation for advanced generalistic learning in science, state governments must collectively and so, globally, insist on open access publication of all state-funded scientific research....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/02/2008 04:23:00 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.
