Scholarly communication is fast changing in digital age. Some issues must be addressed to try to fight the inefficiency of the traditional channels scholars use to communicate. Open Access might be an answer to the the serials pricing crisis, the traditional single-blind peer-review system, to find an alterative to the Journal Impact Factor, to increase the impact of the research in Medicine and in Humanities. The presentation focuses on new scholarly communication channels and on the two main strategies to accomplish Open Access goals: the so called Green Road and Gold Road.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 12/05/2008 12:49:00 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.
