Mark Chillingworth, CSA embraces green open access policy, Information World Review, June 16, 2004. Excerpt: "Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) is to embrace a form of open access publishing, following an agreement with the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), a department of the US Department of the Interior. In November, CSA will launch Sustainability Science: Practice & Policy, a peer-reviewed e-journal aimed at users researching sustainable environmental policies. 'In this instance, [launching an OA journal] is the easiest way to start publishing in a new area,' said Mark Furneaux, managing director of CSA Europe. He added that there are no plans to adopt open access publishing on a wider basis, but said CSA would consider it for other government partnerships. 'Historically, a mixed economy has typically been the result. Print and CD exist side by side and I expect open access to develop alongside traditional models,' said Furneaux." The new journal will charge no processing fees.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/16/2004 09:44:00 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.
