eIFL.net has started work on its project, Advocacy for Access to Knowledge (apparently it has no web site yet). The project is funded by UNESCO's Information for All Program (IFAP). From the UNESCO announcement:
With a grant of USD34.000 the project "Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyrights and ibraries" will work with networks of library consortia, mainly in former Soviet Union countries to raise awareness, build capacity, expertise and resources in current copyright issues and identify how they relate to the application of ICTs.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/12/2005 08:32:00 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.
