Ned Stafford, Open Access Europe, The Scientist, October 22, 2003. On today's release of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Robert Schlögl of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society noted that the Berlin Declaration has been signed by all the major research institutions in Germany and France, and many in Norway, Hungary, and the rest of Europe, while nothing comparable has been done to gather the support and endorsement of major US research institutions. "Europeans are faster this time. We have overtaken the Americans." (He's right, of course.) Schlögl also pointed out that the Max Planck Society is earmarking "several hundred thousand euros" to cover transition costs in converting to open access.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/22/2003 05:42:00 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.
