The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) has issued a good press release announcing that it has joined the Alliance for Taxpayer Access. Quoting ASERL President Barbara Dewey: "ASERL is proud to be part of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access. American taxpayers have supported NIH-funded research for decades but economic constraints are increasingly impeding access to the results of that research. Today, we are asking for the results of these investments to be made freely available to taxpayers through an open access archive. Our faculty, students, and the general public would all benefit from this access." Quoting ASERL Executive Director John Burger: "The proposal presented for consideration by NIH and on Capitol Hill does not change the traditional peer review and scholarly publishing process. It simply ensures free public access to the archives of previously reported information that was funded by the American public. It's clearly the right thing to do."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/25/2004 12:15:00 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.
