The U.S. Government Printing Office has released A Strategic Vision for the 21st Century, December 1, 2004. Excerpt: '[Part of the GPO mission is] To provide, in partnership with Federal Depository libraries, for nationwide community facilities for the perpetual, free and ready public access to the printed and electronic documents, and other information products, of the Federal government....[One of its goals is] To have a responsible digital repository for all Federal documents – past, present and future – that are within the scope of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) of permanent preservation for public access....While the FDLP will continue to offer free public access to all Government information available through the Internet, GPO will focus on developing unique collections of digital information, which will be "pushed" over the Internet to primarily business customers on a subscription basis.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/14/2004 11:05:00 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.
