Open Access : Alternative funding model for OA journals. There's a good discussion thread on LibLicense about an alternative funding model for OA journals from non-profit publishers. The basic idea, proposed by David Goodman, is that the publisher would drop subscriptions and provide OA, authors would pay processing fees per accepted article, and (the new part) libraries and other former subscribers would be "invited to contribute, at a suggested amount of about 3/4 of the current rate (with the proviso that any library that can contribute only a smaller amount is welcome to do so)." If you want to contribute to the discussion, please read David's original posting in its entirety, not just this brief summary. [Open Access News]  2:48:59 PM   [Feedback ]  

Open Access : More on the OECD declaration on OA to publicly funded research data. Access to research data is critical to science, an unsigned note in the European Commission's Research Headlines, April 21, 2004. On the OECD's January 30 Declaration on Access to Research Data From Public Funding. Excerpt: "Unfettered access to data from publicly funded research is crucial to advancing science and the public good. However, inconsistency between governments and within the scientific community hinders the open access ideal, an OECD committee recently concluded....The OECD invites governments to develop a set of guidelines which ensure 'optimal, cost-effective access' to digital research data resulting from publicly funded research." [Open Access News]  8:11:15 AM   [Feedback ]