Linda Nordling, Ian Diamond: the Santa of science, Guardian, January 18, 2005. Excerpt: 'Professor Ian Diamond displays a no-nonsense cordiality. This is a busy time for him. In addition to heading the ESRC he also chairs Research Councils UK, the group that brings together the research councils on policy matters. This, he explains, by no means elevates him above the other chief executives, who each speak for RCUK on specific topics - such as open access publication or European research policy. As if for emphasis, he slouches in his seat....The results of this bottom-up process, including all the weird and wonderful research it will bring about, will be available via the new social science web portal the ESRC is launching in April. A "one stop shop" for social science, it will house plain-English summaries of the majority of research funded by ESRC in the past two years. New research will be added as it is completed. Diamond hopes that in future these reports will be linked to copies of the actual published research articles from peer-reviewed journals, although for that to happen deals have to be negotiated with publishers holding the copyrights. This process will take some time, he says, but in the end he envisages that a "vast tranche" of ESRC-sponsored research will be freely available over the net.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/17/2005 04:27:00 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.
