Helen Doyle and Andy Gass of the Public Library of Science have written Reflections on the Debate, a summary of the September-October online discussion of open access hosted by the Global Public Goods Network (gpgNet) and the Open Society Institute. The reflections close with five strong recommendations. Excerpt: 'Public, private, and inter-governmental agencies that fund research, as well as academic and
research institutions, could...[r]equire as a condition of grants and employment contracts that published articles resulting from ensuing scholarly investigations be deposited immediately upon publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/27/2004 09:33:00 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.