The repositories and preservation programme is coming to an end and over the next two days we will be gathering all the projects together for a final meeting to think about what we have learned and where we are going next with repositories and preservation. ...
Of course there is already further work going on in this area. The Information Environment Programme 2009-11 has started and the projects in that programme are just getting going. You can read all about them on the JISC website.
... Jeff Heywood said that one of the spin-off benefits of open access repositories was that students are finding primary research literature through Google and engaging with it in a way that hasn’t happened for a long time. I think the same applies to open research data of the type that Simon [Coles] was talking about. That, I think, is where there is potential for repositories to link research and teaching activities.
Update. See also Nick Sheppard's notes on discussion at the meetings on repositories for research vs. learning objects.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 5/07/2009 06:29:00 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.
