Martin Osborne, speaking on Theoretical Economics and the State of Scholarly Publishing in Economics, concluded (1) that "Access to research [is] limited, even though the cost of providing such access to an additional person is virtually zero", (2) that "Open Access is efficient" and (3) that "Most established Society journals unlikely to convert to Open Access because of entrenched cost structures."
Scott MacDonald, speaking on Medieval Philosophy and Theology, cited four reasons for converting his journal to OA: (1) "no subscription management", (2) "little copyrights management", (3) "best meets needs of everyone" and (4) "Duh!"
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/31/2006 08:14:00 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.
