On July 15, the EU started soliciting bids to write a report to be entitled, The Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe. Excerpt from the tender: "The general purpose of the study is to provide an analysis of the recent economic and technical evolutions of the scientific publication markets in Europe and their implications on the different actors and stakeholders, including users. The study should notably answer the following questions: What are the main changes? What and who is driving change and why? If their [sic] is any resistance to positive change what/who is blocking? What are the consequences for the users (in its broad meaning: authors, readers, libraries)? The study should also identify possible actions that could at European level contribute to increase the diversity and quality of scientific publications, while guaranteeing better conditions of access, exchange, dissemination and archiving. In this context it will in particular examine whether, and in which circumstances, an EU directory of scientific publication could, by increasing the visibility and use of publication channels, be useful." Bids are due by September 25 --next Thursday.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/21/2003 03:37:00 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.
