The Boston College Libraries have started publishing open-access journals edited by BC faculty. From yesterday's press release: 'The Boston College Libraries have undertaken a program of open-access publishing, sponsoring the publication of peer-reviewed, freely available electronic journals in collaboration with university faculty. The eScholarship@BC initiative has accepted several titles for production during the pilot phase of the project in 2004-2005. The journals are published using EdiKitŪ and Digital Commons software, created by the Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and ProQuest.' The project currently publishes two OA journals, Teaching Exceptional Children Plus and the Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment, and plans to add more titles in the coming months.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/17/2004 08:51:00 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.
