Mark Chillingworth, JISC seeks common ground with information providers, Information World Review, May 6, 2004. Excerpt: "JISC has appointed Paul Miller as director of the common information environment (CIE), giving him the main task of tackling the confusion and scepticism surrounding CIE among information providers and professionals....CIE aims to link academic, health and museum online libraries. A subject-based interface, probably a portal, will connect users to public information. 'There is a lot of content out there in different silos and there is value in being able to move amongst them more easily,' said Miller....Information suppliers are concerned that CIE will open up their resources to free public access, damaging licence agreements. 'This needs clarifying, it is a complex issue,' said Ciaran Morton, Dialog executive vice-president. Morton supports the CIE; he sees public sector opportunities for improved taxonomies and purchasing agreements. 'As an aggregator, it would seem odd if we were against it.' Miller assures the industry that the CIE would not break licences, but would look at integrating protected content into the CIE for subscribers to access."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/11/2004 11:48:00 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.
