... I was delighted to get an internal email to all staff making it clear that it was mandatory for Wellcome grantees to publish their papers as Open Access. Here’s excerpts from the mail: [Note: omitting excerpts.] ...
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.
