Mark R. Graczynski and Lynn Moses, Open access publishing - Panacea or Trojan Horse?, Medical Science Monitor 10, ED1-3 (Jan. 2004). (Freely downloadable with registration.) The authors editorialize on the open access movement with a considerable degree of skepticism. They argue that open access to information is not necessarily a right or a public good, that the question of public access to taxpayer-supported research does not automatically apply from country to country, and that the public want access to reliable, understandable information, not necessarily the primary, specialized literature. They consider the author payment model an unfair burden upon researchers, and instead recommend lower author charges and minimal per-article access fees in lieu of subscriptions or completely free access.
Posted by
Garrett at 2/03/2004 03:00:00 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.
