The CORDISInformation Society Technologies (IST) program enumerates its strategic objectives in a new report, IST Work Programme 2005-2006. Strategic objective 2.5.10 is called Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources. Here's the brief --and vague-- objective on access: 'The aim is to develop systems and tools which will support the accessibility and use over time of digital cultural and scientific resources. This requires work to:...Support the emerging complexity of digital cultural and scientific objects and repositories, through enriched conceptual representations, and advanced access methods.' A related page calls for proposals to implement the objective. Submissions are due by September 21, 2005.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/18/2005 04:28:00 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.
