The February 13 Library Journal Academic Newswire contains an interview with Rick Johnson, the director of SPARC. When asked whether SPARC's efforts on behalf of free and affordable journals are succeeding, Johnson replied, "Yes, SPARC's efforts are working. Of course, the forces we're trying to reverse have built up over many decades, so unfortunately the problems aren't yet solved. But there's good news. Price rises have slowed. Faculty members are widely engaged in discussions of how to solve the problem, not whether there is a problem. Open access journals are attracting energy, investment, and prestige. Alternative journals have become the leaders. Libraries are asserting an important role in scholarly communication as the instigators of and hosts for institutional repositories. Momentum is building. Change is underway."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/13/2003 03:08:00 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.
