JISC has issued a "fact file" called JISC and the Information Environmentn to help publishers understand how to make their digital publications more interoperable for academic users. Excerpt: 'Most online resources and services have traditionally been developed in isolation. Each has its own name, its own interface, features and search facilities. Users cannot possibly come to grips with them all, nor have the time to search each individually. As a result, the considerable public and commercial investment into resource creation is not being realised. JISC is working to address this by developing tools and mechanisms to foster an online Information Environment (IE) that will allow online services to 'work together' (called interoperability) in a secure way for the bene?t of its user community.' The document contains links to other fact files on metadata, usage data, OpenURL, RSS, current awareness, and authentication.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/26/2005 08:45:00 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.
