Librarians should "take a close look at the rights and permission statements that they have readers sign to use their special collections," argues Donald J. Waters. "Perhaps they will be as surprised as I was at the general, blanket, and highly restrictive claims their institutions make to usage rights over this material."
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.
