A project from a consoritium featuring the British Library and others will archive more than 6000 web sites, Ingrid Marson reports in British Library plans to archive whole UK Web, ZDNet UK, June 24, 2004. (Source: The Virtual Chase) Evidently the archive will include discussion forums, weblogs and "informal material," along with government documents. "One of the problems faced by the consortium is that, due to UK copyright law, permission is needed before a site can be archived. The British Library is working with the government to extend the law to allow them blanket access to all Web sites ..." From another article by Marston, Saving Shakespeare's Blog, CNet News.com, Juen 24, 2004, we learn that a "First Folio of Shakespeare, two Gutenberg Bibles and the scribbled lyrics to 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,'" are among the materials under consideration for archiving. (Source:LIS News)
Posted by
Garrett at 6/28/2004 11:52:00 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.
