Valentina Comba, Italian Universities for Open Access: Towards Open Access for Scholarly Literature: Report of the Messina Workshop, Library Hi Tech News, 22, 1 (2005). Only the abstract is free online, at least so far: 'Purpose - To report on the Open Access workshop held in Messina, Italy, November 2004 [which resulted in the Messina Declaration]. Design/methodology/approach - A summary of the main points of the workshop. Findings - There is recognition of a growing awareness about e-publishing changes and the new economic models which may provide more impact for research papers, providing a viable (and less expensive) solution for the information provision to authors and readers. Originality/value - A useful summary of a workshop of interest to those concerned with information management.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/22/2005 10:56:00 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.
