On April 17, several thousands of Charles Darwin's private papers were made freely available in digital form online. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, where the papers were posted, also hosts digitized OA versions of numerous Darwin publications and manuscripts. See coverage from Wired, the BBC, or Reuters.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 4/24/2008 10:15:00 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.
