lib-ir: Fwd: RE: Open Access Bibliography

[Carol Hixson <chixson@darkwing.uoregon.edu>]

Amen to this!

Carol

>Subject: RE: Open Access Bibliography
>Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:20:15 -0800
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>Doesn't anyone find it contradictory (and appalling) that a publication
>about Open Access is not open access?
>
>ARL & ALA publishing needs to start practicing what they preach.
>
>
>John McDonald
>Acquisitions Librarian
>California Institute of Technology
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-SCHOLCOMM@ala.org [mailto:owner-SCHOLCOMM@ala.org] On Behalf
>Of Ray English
>Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:48 AM
>To: ACRL Scholarly Communication T.F.
>Subject: Open Access Bibliography
>
>
>Publication of Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature
>
>with E-Prints and Open Access Journals
>
>The open access movement is reforming the system of scholarly
>communication
>by advocating free, online access to academic literature. This new
>bibliography presents over 1,300 selected English-language books,
>conference papers (including some digital video presentations), debates,
>
>editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles,
>technical reports, and other printed and electronic sources that are
>useful
>in understanding the open access movement. Most sources were published
>between 1999 and August 31, 2004; however a limited number of key
>sources
>published prior to 1999 are also included. Where possible, links are
>provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet
>(approximately 78 percent of the bibliography's references have such
>links). The bibliography is conveniently organized into the following
>categories: General Works, Open Access Statements, Copyright
>Arrangements
>for Self-Archiving and Use, Open Access Journals, E-Prints, Disciplinary
>
>Archives, Institutional Archives and Repositories, Open Archives
>Initiative
>and OAI-PMH, Conventional Publisher Perspectives, Government Inquiries
>and
>Legislation, and Open Access Arrangements for Developing Countries. The
>publication also includes a concise overview of key concepts that are
>central to the open access movement.
>
>The table of contents, preface, and overview of key open access concepts
>
>from this publication are available online as a PDF at
>http://www.arl.org/pubscat/pubs/openaccess/OABweb.pdf
>
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>and
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