The Association of College and Research Libraries released its 2008 survey of libraries, showing that "serial expenditures as a percentage of total library materials expenditures saw very little variation" but "the median unit cost of monographs (per volume) increased significantly".
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.
