On one of the e-mail distribution list I read a question from a Oracle employee questioning the wisdom and difference of knowledge harvesting and/or recycling. He commented that harvested knowledge (like corn) is often sent into guarded silos and rot away....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/25/2006 03:08:00 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.
