Stephen Pincock, Initiative to exchange cancer research information is launched, BMJ 328, 728 (27 March 2004). BMJ reports on the British National Cancer Research Institute's (NCRI) plans for a data-sharing initiative, analogous to CaBIG in the U.S. (See posts from 3/7/04 on CaBIG and from 3/17/04 on the NCRI.) The article reports NCRI chairman Alex Markham saying that roughly 80% of cancer informatics data never becomes publicly available. "Our vision is to create a culture of data exchange to bring scientists together in a virtual community, where data can be shared in a format that everyone will understand," he said. (Source: iHealthbeat)
Posted by
Garrett at 3/26/2004 12:35:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
