The ACRL has released its Scholarly Communication Toolkit. From the site: 'This toolkit is designed to support advocacy efforts that work toward changing the scholarly communication system, and to provide information on scholarly communication issues for librarians, faculty, academic administrators, and other campus stakeholders. The toolkit aims to address these concerns in ways that meet the needs of the full range of academic institutions that make up the ACRL membership base. A primary goal of the toolkit is to summarize key issues and content to give readers quick, basic information on scholarly communication topics. The bibliography and webliography sections identify a few key items from among the wealth of information available. Graphics, powerpoint presentations, and other tools can be adapted for local use. The Action lists suggest ways in which, working together, we can affect change.' See especially the page on OA journals and OA archives.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/10/2005 05:59:00 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.
