...[NAGARA Resources is] an online document library which allows users to share archives and records management publications . Subject categories include: accessibility, advocacy, electronic records, disaster preparedness, electronic records, facilities, files management, grants, historical records, inactive records, local government records, microfilm, preservation, legal issues, retention, scanning & digitization, security, storage, training, and miscellaneous....[T]he library currently houses nearly 300 documents and expands in content almost daily. As content grows, site administrators will add new subject categories and/or subdivide existing categories.
No registration is required to download documents , however users who wish to upload documents must be registered....Only documents in the public domain may be uploaded on this site, or copyrighted documents posted by the owner of the copyright.
The site was built in partial response to a 2008 recommendation of the Council of State Archivists' "Closest to Home" Task Force on Archival Programs for Local Governments to "develop a coordinated plan for a portal to provide access to web-based resources on local government archives," but as content expanded, the site has proven to be of interest to archivists from other fields as well.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/04/2009 02:35:00 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.
