Starting now, it's no longer just my work, but the work of all who contribute. I plan to continue as a contributor.
I've enjoyed working on this timeline, and I'm proud of it. But I can no longer do it justice. For example, until this year I'd always been able to bring it up to date before publishing my year-end review of OA. But this year I just couldn't find the time.
It's respectably thorough from the first stirrings of the OA movement through the end of 2007. But it needs a lot of work for 2008 and 2009. If you want to help, you can find the raw material by searching or browsing the OAN archive or in the monthly round-up section of SOAN.
Remember that OAD is a wiki and depends on users to keep its lists comprehensive, accurate, and up to date.
I thank Nancy Pontika for the difficult job of converting the HTML edition to wiki format.
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.
