Open Access : Finland's national commitment to OA. Finland's National Electronic Library has negotiated institutional memberships in BioMed Central for every university, polythechnic, and research institute in the country. Quoting BMC's Natasha Robshaw in today's press release: "Finland is leading the world in its nationwide commitment to Open Access, and this is a huge boost for the Open Access movement. We look forward to other nations making the same strides to support making research findings freely available." [Open Access News]  1:35:37 PM   [Feedback ]  

Open Access : New issue of Open Access Now. The May 10 issue of Open Access Now is now online. This issue contains an interview with Lawrence Lessig, a news story on the Google-DSpace collaboration, a news story on OSI's grant program to help institutions in developing countries buy memberships in PLoS, and an update on the UK inquiry. [Open Access News]  10:10:02 AM   [Feedback ]