Bryon Anderson, Open Access and Institutional Repositories, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, August 3, 2004. Only this abstract is free online, at least so far: "One recent response to the crisis in scholarly publishing has been the advent of open access journals housed in institutional repositories. This column describes some of the trends and drawbacks of these new initiatives that leverage the traditional strengths of educational and research institutions to further open up access to scholarly journals." (Thanks to Charles W. Bailey, Jr.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/23/2004 12:10:00 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.
