The ACRL has released a white paper for its members only, Open Access and the ACRL Serial Publishing Program (June 2004). It also released to the general public its scholarly communications research agenda for the coming year (June 29, 2004). The agenda includes investigating "the extent to which academic libraries are cataloging open access journals", "[u]sage patterns of open access journals" and "[t]he impact of open access journals relative to subscription-based journals, measured in article citations and other factors."
Update. If you are not a member of ACRL and want to see the document, write to Hugh Thompson at hthompso@ala.org.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/27/2004 09:14:00 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.
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.
