From the section on institutional repositories, scholarly communication, and open access: "The open access community is a broad-based movement with significant library support. See in particular the work of ARL in supporting SPARC, and the formation of the International Scholarly Communications Alliance (ISCA) by major library organizations worldwide that are dedicated to the pursuit of Open Access. The development of systems of e-print archives is supported by national initiatives in several countries."
From the section on preservation and persistence: "There is an overwhelming tension between the DRM community and the open access community and it?s getting worse."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/19/2004 12:53:00 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.
