Monday, May 05, 2008

Open Access Directory The aims of the Open Access movement, the Open Software movement, and the Open Educational Resources movement overlap, with each movement influencing the others. This new Open Access Directory wiki should be a valuable asset for professionals in all three fields. ___JH(Thanks to Carolina Rossini for this reference.) ______ "Welcome to the Open Access Directory (OAD), a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD will make it easier for users, especially newcomers, to discover them and use them for reference. The easier they are to maintain and discover, the more effectively they can spread useful, accurate information about OA. The goal is for the OA community itself to enlarge and correct the lists with little intervention from the editors or editorial board. For quality control, we limit editing privileges to registered users. We welcome your contributions to our lists, ideas for new lists, and comments to help us improve OAD." Table of contents Discussion forums Events. Conferences and workshops related to OA. Institutions that support open access Jobs in open access Journal declarations of independence Lists maintained by others Proposed lists. These proposals may soon blossom into active lists. Research in progress Research questions Statements by learned societies and professional associations 7:21:44 AM    COMMENT []