David Mort, You Can't Read E-Journals When the Lights Go Out, Research Information, April 2004. Excerpt: "At the start of 2004, IRN established a User Panel of 30 leading STM Information Professionals in the UK....[A] significant minority of panellists also recognise the efforts being made to create viable digital archives and mention initiatives, such as: the Electronic Archives Initiative (EIA) from JSTOR; LOCKKS [sic]; and the work of the National Library in the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). The latter has set up agreements with Elsevier, Biomed Central, and Kluwer, to maintain digital access to archives. Librarians and information specialists are beginning to see that efforts are being made to preserve archives, but many are unsure about the long-term impact of these initiatives on their own institutions....Participants in the STM Information User Panel were asked the question 'Does your organisation have a disaster-recovery plan?' and a reassuringly high percentage - 67 per cent - stated 'yes'. Another 17 per cent said 'no', and 17 per cent did not know. None of the participants claimed to have any involvement in plan-development and monitoring."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/13/2004 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.
