The January issue of Physics World contains two letters to the editor under the title, Debating open access and arXiv. Neither letter is OA, at least so far, and PW doesn't even link to them from the TOC. But thanks to John Glen for blogging citations and summaries (1, 2):
Fairlie D. Debating open access and arXiv. Physics World 2009;22(1):20 Letter suggesting that the enormous numbers of papers posted on arXiv indicates that too many papers are being published and that there is at present little motive for authors to publish their material in peer reviewed journals; arXiv should be regarded as more like a daily newspaper, not a place for final publication.
Prentice, J. Debating open access and arXiv. Physics World 2009;22(1):20 Letter pointing out that transferring the cost of publishing to the author may make whether to publish a management decision rather than a scientific one.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/09/2009 12:13:00 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.
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.
