Update. See also this article on the Toulouse library's participation from Livres Hebdo (in French). (Thanks to pintiniblog.)
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 7/28/2008 08:56:00 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.