Gavin found a TA article about OA, with no abstract (Ross Singer, "Opening Up Access to Open Access"), published in a new journal (Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship)from Haworth, a division of Taylor & Francis. The journal has an online digital edition and Haworth offered a complimentary copy of the inaugural issue on request. The denouement?
...I emailed to request a copy, and eventually received a reply:
Can you please send me your mailing address?
Having little interest in waiting several more days (at least) to get my hands on the article, I replied:
Can you send me an electronic copy?
And...here’s the response from T&F:
We do not have electronic copies available. You can only view the journal online if you already have a subscription. Sorry for any inconvenience. ...
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/24/2008 11:18:00 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.
