The DC Principles Coalition seeks to collaborate with the NIH to provide the public with access to research material while at the same time preserving the academic and scientific societies who publish research journals. On October 17, 2005 we requested a meeting with the NIH to demonstrate how a public-private partnership, using existing resources to link to journal websites, will make access work for everyone. Linking to journal websites will bring vast amounts of research findings to the public efficiently and at no cost to the taxpayer. We look forward to hearing from the NIH about our proposal.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/15/2005 07:37:00 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.
