...The constantly growing ‘grey literature’ of [Dutch and Flemish archaeological] reports published in small editions has been likened to a ‘cemetery’ of inaccessible information, and the scientific depth of most of the reports is limited....At the same time,...opportunities for publication have decreased due to the termination of the journal Helinium...and the Proceedings of the State Service for Archaeological Investigations in the Netherlands....
The Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries has been established as a means to stop the recently formed gap and counter the aforementioned criticism. It offers all archaeologists working in the Netherlands and Flanders an opportunity to publish information and conclusions worthy of being presented to an international public....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/18/2009 12:22:00 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.
