Bruce Schechter has a story in the May 20 New York Times on the open-access National Virtual Observatory and its successes in helping astronomers mine existing data and make new discoveries about the universe. (Free registration required.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/21/2003 10:59:00 AM.
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.
