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This category contains references about several kinds of initiatives whose aim is to free access to peer reviewed scientific papers, namely, "that body of work for which the author does not and never has expected to SELL the words" (S.Harnad) and to promo...
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Electronic Dissemination of Thesis and DissertationsElectronic Dissemination of Thesis and Dissertations
UNESCO is examining the possibilities of formulating an international strategy for creating and disseminating electronic theses and dissertations.
Declaration of San José - Towards the Virtual Health LibraryDeclaration of San José - Towards the Virtual Health Library
An initiative aiming to construct a digital medium 'as a unified response to our health situation, facilitating wide access to information for the permanent improvement of health of the people'.
First Monday - The Streetperformer Protocol & Digital CopyrightsFirst Monday - The Streetperformer Protocol & Digital Copyrights
Introducing the Street Performer Protocol, an electronic-commerce mechanism to facilitate the private financing of public works. Using this protocol, people would place donations in escrow, to be released to an author in the event that the promised work b
Measure Calls for Wider Access to Federally Financed ResearchMeasure Calls for Wider Access to Federally Financed Research
A group challenging the power of established scientific journals says legislation will be introduced to make the results of all federally financed research available to the public.
Declaration of Havana - Towards Equitable Access to Health InformationDeclaration of Havana - Towards Equitable Access to Health Information
A statement issued in Havana on April 27, 2001, by the participants in the Second Regional Coordination Meeting of the Virtual Health Library and the Fifth Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information. One of the strongest public statements in support
American Scientist Forum on Open AccessAmerican Scientist Forum on Open Access
Forum devoted to the freeing of online access to the peer-reviewed research literature. Continuous since 1998.
Create ChangeCreate Change
A resource for faculty and librarian action to reclaim scholarly communication. Main issues concern subscription prices for scholarly journals and help for journals willing to find publishing options better suited to their academic missions.
Free Online Scholarship NewsletterFree Online Scholarship Newsletter
(FOS) News and discussion on the migration of print scholarship to the internet and efforts to make it available to readers free of charge. Newsletter, forum, FAQ and a comprehensive directory on electronic archives.
Creating a global knowledge networkCreating a global knowledge network
Considerations on how to build a knowledge network for research communication and on its potential impact, by P. Ginsparg, one of the founders of ArXiv.
Budapest Open Access InitiativeBudapest Open Access Initiative
Aims to accelerate progress in the international effort to make research articles in all academic fields freely available on the Internet.
Scholars Under Siege: The Scholarly Communication CrisisScholars Under Siege: The Scholarly Communication Crisis
An overview of current issues in scientific communication, exploring why scholars are losing control of a system that should be theirs and that is more and more controlled by publishers, chiefly through their pricing and copyright policies.
Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic PublishingScholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing
An internet discussion about scientific and scholarly journals and their future.
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and HumanitiesBerlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
All of Germany's principal scientific and scholarly institutions, including the Max-Planck Society, as well as a growing number of their counterparts from other countries (such as France's CNRS) have signed their commitment to open access to scientific a
Rights Metadata for Open archivingRights Metadata for Open archiving
(RoMEO) A project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee to investigate the rights issues surrounding the self-archiving of research in the UK academic community under the Open Archive Initiative's protocol for metadata harvesting (OAI). Legal
Self-Archiving FAQSelf-Archiving FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions about self archiving including what and how. Has a "I worry about..." set of questions too with advice and answers to issues.
Peter Suber's Guide to the FOS MovementPeter Suber's Guide to the FOS Movement
Comprehensive guide to the terminology, acronyms, initiatives, standards, technologies, and players in the free online scholarship initiative.
Stevan Harnad on Free Access InitiativesStevan Harnad on Free Access Initiatives
How to free access to scientific literature: papers by one of the leaders of the open archives initiative.
Andrew Odlyzko: Papers on Electronic PublishingAndrew Odlyzko: Papers on Electronic Publishing
A selection of papers on the future of electronic publication in the field of academic communication, its impact and consequences.
For Whom the Gate Tolls?For Whom the Gate Tolls?
How and why to free the refereed research literature online through author/institution self-archiving, now - a manifesto by Stevan Harnad.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing WeblogScholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog
New electronic and printed resources about scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Issues on copyright, academic impact, economical aspects.
Nature Debates: E-AccessNature Debates: E-Access
Online forum hosted by Nature Online concerning the impact of the web on the future of publishing and the dissemination of scientific information.
Information LiberationInformation Liberation
Examines radical alternatives for replacing mass media with network media, abolishing intellectual property, and changing social institutions that create a demand for surveillance. Free full text in html and pdf.
Public Library of SciencePublic Library of Science
A non-profit organization of scientists committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature freely accessible to scientists and to the public around the world. Promotion of free access online journals and eprints archives.
Eprints.orgEprints.org
Dedicated to the freeing of the refereed research literature online through author/institution self-archiving. Provides free (GNU) software for self-archiving.
Online or Invisible?Online or Invisible?
Article by Steve Lawrence appeared in Nature (2001) analyzing the citation rate of online and off line articles. Articles freely available online are more highly cited, free online availability substantially increases a paper's impact.

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