The current poll at Information Today asks this question: "PubSCIENCE has been closed and, due to pressure from the commercial sector, other government databases may follow. Should the federal government continue to provide databases to the public? Please comment." (PS: When I checked just now, the voting was 93% yes, 7% no.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/02/2002 05:21:00 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.
