Bo-Christer Björk, Scientific communication life-cycle model, version 3.0, February 10, 2005. A preprint. Excerpt: 'The scope of the model is the whole communication value chain, from initial research to the assimilation of research results in every-day practice. The model treats both informal and formal communication, as well as the publishing of data, but the major focus is on modelling the publishing and indexing of traditional peer reviewed journal articles, as well as the activities of readers to find out about them and access them. The new business models and parallel functions enabled by the Internet, such as open access journals and e-print repositories, are also in focus. The model consists of 26 diagrams, with 80 different activities and over 200 different inputs, outputs, controls and mechanisms....It is hoped that the model could prove useful in providing a roadmap showing the place of a number of different initiatives for increasing access to scientific publications, within the overall system of scholarly communication.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/22/2005 01:02:00 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.
