Andrew Waller, The University of Calgary's Open Access Authors Fund, presented at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, January 27, 2009), Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario, January 27, 2009), and Ryerson University (Toronto, January 28, 2009).
This presentation described the origin of and policies and procedures relating to the recently-established Open Access Authors Fund at the University of Calgary. Other Open Access activities at the University of Calgary were also briefly discussed.
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.
