Mark Chillingworth, Springer embraces Open Access and choice, Information World Review, July 8, 2004. Excerpt: "The world's second largest scientific publisher Springer is adopting Open Access (OA) publishing....Authors will be able to choose either OA or traditional publishing for their work at a cost of $3000 per article." (PS: This is a widening of access, but it's not OA. Springer will retain copyright and limit the freedom of users to make and distribute copies. Springer was careful not to use the term "open access" for its policy, and I wish the press would be as careful.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/08/2004 09:15:00 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.
