The Digital Universe Foundation is spearheading a little project to compile the most reliable Web resources of a certain kind.
People often ask us, when they hear about what the Digital Universe is up to, "How can I help?" Well, here’s our answer: construct this list, please! It’s a yeomanly way to help this worthy project get off the ground.
And notice, the result will be useful not just to the DU, but to the world in general! We will release the list free to anyone to use, of course; consider it in the public domain....
The reason we're doing this is in order to pre-populate Digital Universe portals with "deep links" into existing, pre-vetted databases. The result will, in time, be a sort of "master database" that is free for everyone to use. Kind of cool if you think about it. It's really one of the main reasons I'm on board.
PS: This list has already begun and is already useful. Help the cause by suggesting resources in your field.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/03/2006 09:07:00 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.
