Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti, Wissen wird wieder teurer, Berliner Zeitung, November 30, 2004. On the rising price of access to scientific literature in Germany and open access as an alternative. Schulzki-Haddouti makes clear that in Germany the problem is not just rising journal prices. It's also German copyright law and how German publishers are using it to shut down Subito, the inexpensive, publicly-funded document-delivery service. (Thanks to Netbib.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/11/2004 01:28:00 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.
