I've tried to blog developments on the Access to Knowledge Treaty (a2k treaty) as they occur. However, I made a series of recent exceptions that you should know about. The a2k treaty is part of the larger Development Agenda proposed by 14 member nations to WIPO. For several months the entire development agenda has been stalled by opposition within WIPO and the details were too voluminous, complex, and unrelated to OA for me to blog. But I'm happy to say that the development agenda is moving forward again and that Art Brodsky has written a very clear account of the brouhaha for the Public Knowledge newsletter, In The Know. If you haven't been following the details, it's the best way to catch up. Thanks, Art.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/22/2005 12:34:00 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.
