JISC's JORUM+ Project has just released its eight-volume scoping study. The project will create an OA repository for learning materials. Excerpt from the executive summary: "The JORUM service will form a key part of the JISC's [Information Environment], providing the means by which access to, deposit of, and sharing and re-use of, freely available learning and teaching content can be undertaken by teaching staff and their colleagues....Over time, we believe that the JORUM service is likely to:...Form part of a landscape of related repository developments e.g. institutional and regional, utilising cross-searching, OAI and portal developments to share information about learning objects (LOs) and teaching support materials."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/14/2004 10:59:00 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.
