Quirin Schiermeier, Open Access Wins German Support, Nature, October 23, 2003. A short note on the Berlin Declaration. Excerpt: "Open-access backers say this is the first time that they have won formal support from all major research organizations in a large nation. The [Max Planck Society], for example, is changing scientists' employment contracts, requiring them to return the copyright of their work to the society. Researchers will still be able to publish in scientific journals, but after a grace period --the length of which is still being discussed-- their papers must be deposited in at least one online repository."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/23/2003 09:13:00 AM.
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.
