An upgraded version of the ROAR service has been debuted, thanks to recent JISC funding shared jointly between ROAR and OpenDOAR.
The Registry of Open Access Repositories, which provides the open access community with quantitative analyses of open access repositories across the world, has now been reworked as a repository itself [using EPrints]. Collecting, updating and editing information about open access repositories is now part of a familiar repository workflow, and consequently much easier to handle. Open access repository managers can register for a ROAR account to enter and update information about their own repositories. We hope that the improved facilities will result in better quality information and an improved service for all stakeholders. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 1/08/2010 01:27:00 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.
