... I can see how PEER may well produce some interesting information and reports on the European repository and publishing scene. However, as with so many of these large inatives I’ve yet to spot where the directly applicable and readily employable outputs for repository people will be. Is PEER to act as a lobbying service on our behalf? No. Will PEER mediate discussions twixt the various stakeholders? Maybe. Will PEER change the way our repository functions? In some way I guess.
Perhaps it is too early to pour cold water on what PEER can, may or will achieve – but I’ve seen these big EU wide initiatives before (I’m thinking of DRIVER) which have had only a minor impact within the UK HEI repository community. Worthy work for sure, but so much at a nebulous, Ivory tower strata rather than a practitioner level. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 6/15/2009 04:21:00 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.
