David Dickson, ICSU defends 'universal and equitable' access to data, SciDev.Net, December 12, 2003. In an address to the WSIS meeting in Geneva, ICSU president Jane Lubchenco argued for "universal and equitable access" to scientific information. She did not mention "open access". (PS: Why?) The ICSU web site makes available the text and video of Lubchenco's presentation.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/13/2003 05:45:00 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.
