Andrew Albanese, Top Ten Academic Library Stories of 2008, Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 6, 2009. Seven of the 10 have an OA connection have been covered here in OAN, some briefly, some extensively.
Georgia State University Sued by Publishers over E-Reserves...
Harvard's OA Mandate...
The Google Book Search Settlement...
The Launch of the HathiTrust...
NIH Public Access Policy Enacted, Challenged...
The Move Toward Open Source [library software]...
The Section 108 Report [on the copyright exception for libraries]...
The EPA Libraries Reopen...
South Caroline Slashes PASCAL [Partnership Among South Carolina Libraries]...
The Sad Story of Orphan Works...
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/06/2009 03:50:00 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.
