The November issue of the Newsletter from IFLA's Section of Library and Information Science Journals is now online.
The Section decided that the theme for its session at the 2006 IFLA conference in Seoul would open access to LIS journals (p. 2).
One priority in its 2004-05 strategic plan is "providing unrestricted access to information" (p. 5).
Its forthcoming "toolkit" for LIS journal editors will include "advice, guidelines, check-lists, form letters, sample correspondence, pricing calculations etc. for both printed and on-line journals, following both conventional and open access financing models" (p. 6).
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/17/2004 10:54:00 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.
