The German Library Federation has criticized the recent report from the Ministry of Education, Zukunft der wissenschaftlichen und technischen Information (Future of scientific and technical information). The librarians criticize the report's endorsement of centralization and pay per view. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/28/2002 10:05:00 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.