The U.S. National Science Board new vision for the future of the National Science Foundation (published December 28, 2005, released online January 20, 2006) is silent on OA issues. This is disappointing, not only for the missed opportunity to promote OA at the NSF, the second largest research funder in the U.S. federal government, but also because in March 2005 the same National Science Board recommended that the NSF support "free and open access [to data] wherever feasible."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/21/2006 12:43:00 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.
