The Internet and the growth of publicly available archives and Open Access Journals have led to discussions challenging traditional scholarly publishing in prestigious international journals. Requests have been made that results from publicly funded research should be rapidly available in university archives or other databases.
The Board of the Research Council has decided to sign the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, which means an undertaking to strive to make research results freely available as quickly and widely as possible.
Source: Forskningskommunikation Och Science & Society Nyhetsbrev Nr. 3, April 21, 2005.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/03/2005 09:20:00 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.
