Blogger has unaccountably lost track of Open Access News. Until the problem is fixed, I cannot (easily) update the blog and will post "blog substitute" emails to the SPARC Open Access Forum. The SOAF archive is readable by non-subscribers. If you want email delivery, subscriptions are free (of course). Sorry for the inconvenience.
I've already posted two "blog substitute" emails, one with seven items and another with two items.
So how did I post this message to the blog? I downloaded the last version of the file, hand-coded the HTML, and FTP'd it back, bypassing the interface that makes blogging easy. Since I won't have time to do this for every new item, please watch the forum for updates until the blog is back on its feet.
I don't need suggestions for other blogging platforms --I don't have time for the transition nightmare. But If you have expertise or influence with Blogger, I could use help with this very frustrating problem.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/25/2005 09:58:00 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.
