The Professional Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has posted the full-text of its August 23 letter to Elias Zerhouni, Director of the NIH. The letter spells out nine objections to the NIH open-access plan. Also see the cover letters from AAP President Pat Schroeder to the science press and to Sen. Arlen Specter, Chairman of the Senate Approriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the NIH. (PS: My FAQ answers most of the PSP/AAP objections.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/26/2004 08:54:00 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.
