The Columbia University Senate has adopted a resolution supporting open access. Excerpt from a story in today's Columbia Spectator: 'The Senate...passed a resolution composed by the Committee on Libraries and Academic Computing, putting on record its support of "open access." "Open access" asserts the right of the public to use scholarly works for any responsible purpose so long as it properly attributes authorship. The resolution also urged Columbia scholars to aid the advancement of "open access" by allowing their published works to be subject to responsible use by the public.' (PS: I'm trying to get a copy of the resolution. If I succeed, I'll blog it.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/04/2005 11:11:00 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.
