Friday, September 16, 2005

Open Access Webliograpy This excellent webliography was compiled by Adrian Ho and Charles Bailey for the References Services Review (2005, 33, no. 3). There are some significant omissions: the compilation does not include opencourseware sites such as MIT nor learning object repositories such as GEM. However, search engines devoted to academic searches such as Scirus and OAIster are included as is repository software such as DSPace and  Fedora. ____JH _____________ " This webliography presents a wide range of electronic resources related to the open access movement that are freely available on the Internet as of April 2005." "In basic terms, the goal of the open access movement is to make scholarly articles freely available in digital form worldwide with minimal restrictions on their use (e.g., proper attribution of authorship). In reality, it's more complex than this because of differences of opinion about what open access should or shouldn't try to achieve. Some advocates say free access to scholarly articles is enough, minimal restrictions are not needed. Others say that the basic goal is correct, but permanent archiving is also required. Still others say why stop at scholarly articles, make all types of scholarly literature freely available in digital form. Such doctrinal differences are normal and healthy in such an important and dynamic movement." 12:12:49 PM    COMMENT []