... [The paper] aims to discuss and highlight some of the many examples of spatial (or geographic) data mashups using Web 2.0 technologies and geo-browsers and how they are or can be utilised in an institutional or collaborative research realm. It will also touch on neo-geography and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in addition to other open geo-processing tools and organisations which publish and support the use of spatial data in open ways. ...
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.