Gene J. Koprowski, The Web: Online publishing ascending, United Press International, March 2, 2005. Mostly on news publishing but with this bit toward the end on academic publishing: 'Even academic publishing is being impacted. Recently, David Bricker of Indiana University sat in on a session at a conference sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science about online academic publishing. "Essentially," Bricker noted, "all the speakers said the same thing: traditional business models aren't working. For publishers to make money, something must change." There is no doubt online publishing is a threat to conventional print media, [Chuck] Richard [of Outsell] said, "but it is also a huge upside proposition for the publishing industry." '
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/03/2005 11:19:00 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.
