The Dutch DARE program will launch its Cream of Science (Keurderwetenschap) project on May 10. From the web site: 'The [Cream of Science] will give access to the complete oeuvre of prominent scholars: at least ten of each of the fifteen Dutch university and KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). Cream of Science will be the showcase of some of Netherlands's prominent research via DAREnet. Cream of Science is a highlight of the DARE (Digital Academic Repositories) programme. This project will add 25.000 records (mostly full text available) to the academic research output already available through DAREnet. Unfortunately not all publications of these prominent scholars are free accessible. Many publishers do not allow for their publications to be stored in local repositories, enabling them to be available on the internet for everyone. Many of these publications are either author versions or they are hidden behind toll gates and only expensive licenses will give access to them.' (Thanks to Klaus Graf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/21/2005 02:10:00 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.
