The Bethesda statement on open access publishing was released on June 20. It's based on an April 11 meeting of foundations, scientists, editors, publishers, and open-access proponents, hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. I participated in the conference and signed the document. I wish it went further on a few points, but it makes significant headway e.g. in asking foundations to pay the processing fees charged by open-access journals. The public and private funding agencies in the room agreed that this was something they could and should do to promote open access. We welcome comments from every quarter. In a few months the participants will meet again to take public comments into account and draft a revised version of the principles. Read the statement, send your comments to me or the FOS Forum, and spread the word. (I'll forward to the Forum any comments sent directly to me, and I'll make sure that the Forum comments are known to the conference organizers.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/22/2003 08:50:00 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.
