Sweden has launched a national OA initiative whose goal is "to promote maximum accessibility and visibility of works produced by researchers, teachers and students at Swedish universities and university colleges." From the site:
Objectives:
To promote co-ordination and development of standards and tools for electronic publishing at Swedish universities and university colleges
To promote a rapid growth of the volume and diversity of material in academic repositories
To promote access to and use of content in academic repositories and Open Access journals
To secure long-term access to digital publications and other material in academic repositories
To develop quality standards for content and services in academic repositories
To support publishing in Open Access journals and the migration of Swedish scientific journals to an Open Access model...
Funding of projects will be awarded from BIBSAM's budget for development projects (at present 6 million SEK/year). Co-financing of larger projects will be sought from other sources. The programme is led by a Steering Committee consisting of representatives from universities, research organisations, university libraries and, the National Library....
The two-year program (2006-07) is organized by BIBSAM, the National Co-ordination and Development program of the National Library of Sweden. BIBSAM also funded or co-funded ScieCom, the DOAJ, and the SVEP project. Also see the project page in Swedish.
PS: Kudos to all involved. The objectives are just right and BIBSAM has an excellent track record in coordinating successful projects.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/19/2006 01:03:00 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.
