Always On and Technorati have published their picks for the Open Media 100. Kudos to all the good people and projects honored on the list.
(PS: The list focuses on open alternatives to "mainstream media", and therefore omits the work being done on open access to scholarly media and research literature. This focus is understandable, since there's a lot of exciting work going on in open news and entertainment. But it's also regrettable, since there's a lot of exciting work going on in open science and scholarship. Moreover, the movements are kin, support one another, overlap in many of their tools, actions, and beneficiaries, and gain from the synergy of their common interests. Note to Always On and Technorati: Next year, widen your vision.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/22/2005 01:57:00 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.
