There was another session of oral testimony today in the UK inquiry into journal prices and accessibility. I haven't yet seen an official transcript from the UK House of Commons or even newspaper story on the session. In fact, even the web page announcing today's line-up of speakers, which was online for the past month, has been changed and no longer describes today's session. I'll report more as I see more. But if it went as planned, then the House and Science Committee heard from the following witnesses today: Lynne Brindley (British Library), Peter Fox (Cambridge University Library), Frederick Friend (JISC and University College London), Di Martin (University of Hertfordshire), Jane Carr (Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society), James Crabbe (Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading), Nigel Hitchin (Mathematics, Oxford), D.F. Williams (Tissue Engineering, University of Liverpool), and John Fry (Microbial Ecology, Cardiff University). More later.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/21/2004 03:44:00 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.
