Pat Hagan, UK probes scientific publications, The Scientist, December 12, 2003. Excerpt: "Labour MP Ian Gibson, who chairs the committee, told The Scientist he hopes the outcome will be 'an informed system' of publishing that is cheap and effective. 'If research is funded by public money, then it should be available to the public for free,' he said....A key part of the inquiry will also focus on the trend toward more open-access journals and whether the government should be supporting such a shift."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/13/2003 11:23:00 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.
