More on the threat to ERIC....In a May 28 story for the Associated Press, Steve Giegerich describes the Department of Education's plans to downsize ERIC and the response from educators (here and here) trying to preserve its current strengths. (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/30/2003 10:20:00 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.