User: petersuber

open access to science

On: Creative Commons For Science

Here are some links for those who want more background and detail on the open access movement:

Open Access Overview
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm
(my introduction to OA for those who are new to the concept)

Open Access News blog
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html
(my blog, updated daily)

SPARC Open Access Newsletter
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/arch ive.htm
(my newsletter, published monthly)

FAQ on the NIH public-access policy
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm

Timeline of the open access movement
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm

What you can do to help the cause of open access
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#do

Peter Suber

FAQ on the NIH plan

On: NIH Proposes to Open Tax-Funded Research

I maintain an FAQ on the NIH plan. It
answers a lot of the questions and objections raised in this thread. It also lists some concrete ways to help the cause at the end of the file.

Further reading about open access

On: Open Access To Scientific Literature: Can It Work?

Here are some sites for further reading.

Open Access News blog
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

SPARC Open Access Newsletter
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/arch ive.htm

Timeline of the open access movement
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm

What you can do to promote open access
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#do

Budapest Open Access Initiative
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/

FAQ from the Budapest Open Access Initiative
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm

Disclaimer: I'm associated with all of the sites above.
Peter Suber

for more information on these issues

On: Who Owns Science?

PLoS is one of the leading initiatives for open access to science. For the other major program, see the Budapest Open Access Initiative and its FAQ. PLoS supports BOAI and vice versa.

For breaking news on these issues see the FOS News blog. (FOS stands for Free Online Scholarship.)

Peter