If you measure the success of the OA movement by the number of people and institutions pouring energy into it, then you'll find strong evidence of our success on the OAD Events pages. For example, look at 2008, or even at October 2008. The proliferation of events worldwide is inspiring.
Remember that OAD is a wiki and welcomes your contributions. One of its premises is that a list, like the big list of worldwide OA events, can be more comprehensive, accurate, and up to date when maintained by the whole OA community than when maintained by an individual. When you hear about a new OA event, please add it to the OAD and make sure that everyone knows about it.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/29/2008 12:14:00 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.
