Laura Wales, Open Access Trail, Student Direct, May 15, 2005. A short note on the Oxford Open: 'Attempts to make scientific, medical and academic research freely available over the internet were encouraged last week as Oxford University Press widened its trial of open access publishing. Publishers and academics have been debating the benefits of open access for years, with many critics claiming that this could destroy Britain's publishing community. However, new plans were announced on Friday to release thousands of law reports and judgements for free on the internet while other publishers have also been experimenting with open access. Oxford University Press have allowed authors in some of their journals to pay for their articles to be available on the web for free as soon as they are published. They have also allowed authors to post articles on their own websites a year after original publication. Martin Richardson of Oxford Journals, part of Oxford University Press, said that this "will allow us to collect valuable first-hand data on the demand for open access" and has been welcomed by students. Medical student Joanne Briggs told Student Direct that "this should really help us with research and our course in general. I just wish they'd done this sooner".'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/16/2005 10:32:00 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.
