The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), an OA mandate for research funded by the U.S. federal government, was introduced yesterday by Sens. Joe Lieberman and John Cornyn. What's new since our last post:
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.
