The folks behind Eprints, the archiving software, have put together a Demonstration Eprints Archive. One purpose is to demystify the process of self-archiving for scholars who have never tried it. From Stevan Harnad's email announcement: 'For those of you who have never self-archived a paper, or who have questions, uncertainties or doubts about how easy/difficult, slow/fast it is to self-archive, please try out Demoprints....Demoprints is there for those who have not yet self-archived, or are thinking about or planning to create an institutional OA archive, or have definite ideas (pro or con) about self-archiving, yet have never actually done the keystrokes. All you have to do is register (as you will in any archive), and then deposit a paper. You may be surprised at how fast and simple the thing turns out to be.' Also see the new paper by Les Carr and Stevan Harnad, Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/13/2005 08:56:00 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.
