...[W]e have a chance to enlist scholars to contribute the scans they create in the course of their research so that others can access them. Digital versions of unique materials can be “collected” by libraries and archives, along with the scholarly results....
...Call for action:
We can consider compromising on a temporary embargo on universal access to digitized special collections, as long as our contracts ensure that ultimately the content will be openly accessible. The special collections community should come together (much as the moving image community did in the “Lot 49” meeting), to articulate common principles for third-party contracts to digitize special collections materials....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/06/2008 01:54:00 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.
