Euroscience has created a new, permanent Science Publishing Working Group. From the web site: 'The very lively debate on scientific publishing and open access is spreading beyond the scientific and publishing circles as shown, among others, by the announcement by the European Commission of "a study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe" and by the publication of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report, Scientific Publications: Free for all? However, the situation evolves rapidly, and the open questions remain more numerous than the answers proposed. Euroscience has therefore the strategic task to maintain the issue of science publishing on the front burner, preparing with much care the discussions in the frame at every next [Euroscience Open Forum].' (Thanks to Hélène Bosc.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/14/2005 09:05:00 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.
