On 9 January 2009, STM issued a briefing for STM member Heads of House and Senior Executives on the issues that surround the increasing tendency of institutions to mandate the use of their repositories. This note provides an overview of the current scene and poses some closely connected publishing policy considerations.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/10/2009 10:44:00 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.
