Archan Venkatraman, STM growth takes hit, Information World Review, March 9, 2009.
The European scientific, technical and medical information market grew 4.5%
in 2008, its weakest year-on-year figure since 2001, according to the latest IRN
Research report. But the market remains upbeat, and focused on consolidation and
flexibility to survive the downturn. ...
Robert Parker, managing director for publishing at Research Councils UK, was
also optimistic about the sector. He said the large European STM players had
enough reserves to see them through lean times.
He added: “The emerging methods of information output and sharing, such as
open access and social networking, will also have an impact on the role of
leading players as they will increasingly embrace these new models to maintain
their market share.” ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 3/11/2009 02:50:00 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.
