It covers the rationale, history, economics, technology and culture of
open access, views from major stakeholders, updates from around the
world, and visions of the future. The following authors have contributed:
Alma Swan, Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Jean-Claude Guédon, Andrew Odlyzko,
Michael Kurtz, Tim Brody, Chris Awre, Stevan Harnad, Arthur Sale, Robert
Terry, Robert Kiley, Matthew Cockerill, Mary Waltham, Colin Steele, Leo
Waaijers, Peter Suber, Frederick J. Friend, John Shipp, D. K. Sahu,
Ramesh C. Parmar, Clifford Lynch, Nigel Shadbolt and Les Carr.
Many of the chapters are, of course, available open access on the web.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/01/2006 02:59:00 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.
