JISC has announced another round of funding for publishers to convert conventional journals to open access. From the tender: JISC "invites proposals from publishers or learned societies looking to move to an open access model for their journal(s). JISC will award short term funding to a small number of publishers or learned societies who agree to waive open access submission and publication fees for UK Higher Education (HE) staff for a one-year period. There is funding of £150,000 available to support this Initiative in the 2004-05 Academic Year (1 August 2004 – 31 July 2005). The deadline for submission of proposals is 12 noon on Thursday 11 November 2004."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/30/2004 08:27:00 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.
