As you recall, the University of California Academic Council unanimously adopted a Policy on Public Access and Archiving of Research Results in February and released it in April. The policy would mandate OA to articles arising from publicly-funded stem-cell research within six months of their acceptance for publication. Now the President of the University of California, Robert Dynes, has put his weight behind the proposal. He has publicly released his May 17 letter to the independent committee overseeing the California stem-cell research program, urging the committee to adopt the OA policy.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/06/2005 11:15:00 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.
