Nancy Kranich has written a discussion paper, Libraries and the Information Commons, for participants in the open forum on Libraries and the Information Commons (Saturday, January 10, 2004, 2:00 - 4:00, San Diego Conference Center 30E) at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Excerpt: "Information commons ensure open access to ideas and the opportunity to use them....Open access advances knowledge, nurtures creativity, fosters civic engagement and promotes the public interest....New technology promises abundant open access to an infinite array of information that can enrich people’s lives. Ironically, the same technology that enables unfettered access is just as capable of restricting personal information choices and the free flow of ideas."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/08/2003 07:57:00 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.
