The eGranary Digital Library delivers digital scholarship and information without charge, but it's not open access in the ordinary sense. It can't be, since it focuses on delivering content to institutions and users without adequate internet connectivity. From the site: 'The eGranary Digital Library provides millions of digital educational resources to institutions lacking adequate Internet access. Through a process of garnering permissions, copying Web sites, and delivering them to intranet Web servers INSIDE our partner institutions in developing countries, we deliver millions of multimedia documents that can be instantly accessed by patrons over their local area networks at no cost.' It encourages authors, publishers, libraries, and other organizations to donate content to the system. See those who have already done so. (Remember, this content will not be set loose on the public internet.) There are many other ways to help. For more information see the FAQ, or this press release announcing that the 50th eGranary Digital Library was installed this week at a clinic in Port au Prince, Haiti.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/18/2005 02:22:00 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.
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.
