The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has released a Statement Regarding Open Access. Excerpt: "With journal pricing increasing at a rapid rate, the establishment of competitive Open Access journals and resources may spur a change in the pricing and access models available from commercial publishers. Open Access may shift the cost burden from the acquirer to the producer of the information. SLA encourages ongoing exploration of viable means to expand the availability of scientific and scholarly research....[The SLA is a member of the] Information Access Alliance, a coalition promoting a new standard of antitrust review which should be adopted by state and federal antitrust enforcement agencies in examining merger transactions in the serials publishing industry, and maintains communications and possible collaboration on projects with groups such as the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition's (SPARC) Open Access Working Group (OAWG). SLA will continue to monitor Open Access and journal pricing, and welcomes comments from its members and others."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/22/2004 06:06:00 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.
