Last week, David Johnston, President of the University of Waterloo, set for his vision that the Waterloo Region become the "Knowledge Capital of Canada". Today, William Oldfield proposed an OA journal for the region as a key step toward that goal. Excerpt from Oldfield's case:
David Johnston's vision of Waterloo Region as the Knowledge Capital of Canada would make this a great place to live. To assist in the effort, I propose the establishment of a community-based publishing enterprise for the distribution and sharing of the products of the community.
I envision two components: an open access journal and an on-demand publishing enterprise. Open access journals are magazines published on the Web and distributed without charge. The open access journal is designed to facilitate the sharing of knowledge. I see a journal covering a variety of topics including short stories and even graphic arts to encourage the growth of our local artistic community....The product of a Knowledge Capital of Canada is knowledge. The sharing of that knowledge is an essential component for success.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/28/2006 11:36:00 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.
