JISC has renewed the BioMed Central institutional memberships that it first bought for all UK universities in July 2003. The new memberships will last until September 2005. Excerpt from today's press release: "News of the JISC renewal comes at a key time for Open Access in the UK. The UK government is due to respond shortly to Scientific Publications: Free for all - the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee report. In the report, the Committee concludes that changes in scientific publishing are 'necessary as a matter of urgency' and everyone should have free, open access to UK research findings. They urge the UK Government to 'act as a proponent for change' and 'lead by example'. JISC’s decision, to fund Open Access publication in BioMed Central’s journals for all UK universities for a further year, provides critical support for the growth of Open Access in the UK while policy is debated at government level."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/20/2004 08:29:00 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.
