Wilfrid Laurier University today announces the launch of an open research archive, an institutional repository that provides open-access archiving of intellectual output for all members of the university community.
Built on BioMed Central’s “open repository” system and using BioMed Central's open-access knowledge and technology experience, the archive will significantly increase access to Laurier’s scholarly information and highlight the talent of the university’s researchers and students. ...
In addition, the university’s supporter membership with BioMed Central reduces the barriers for Laurier researchers publishing in BioMed Central’s open-access journals by providing researchers with a 15 percent discount on the article processing charges. ...
Within the next 12 months, Laurier aims to build a full community structure for the repository which will include customized designs and collections for particular groups of researchers. ...
A project team will establish content and policy parameters for the archive. The team also hopes to implement a content-recruitment strategy to ensure that as much scholarly output from the university as possible is held with the repository. ...
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.
