Yesterday, the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training released its report, Review of Closer Collaboration Between Universities and Major Publicly Funded Research Agencies. Excerpt: "Broadly speaking, the key driver of collaboration is the existence of a perceived benefit. This can take many forms such as the creation of critical mass, increased funding, or intellectual enhancement or a combination of all three. Key drivers identified in the submissions include...rapid and flexible access to new ideas...." (PS: The report takes no position on open access to publicly funded research.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/25/2004 11:01:00 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.
