...When Sala Uddin asked about his future plans, Mr. Varmus said he would keep working on cancer research and teaching students. He also wanted to see more open access to scientific information and more stem cell research. To the students sitting with him on the stage, and to all the young people in the crowd, he said, “I’m counting on you guys to help get these things done.”
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/13/2009 09:43:00 AM.
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.
