Lists Related to the Open Access Movement<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm</a><br>
List maintained by Peter Suber of Earlham College.&nbsp; If nothing else,
bookmark this site, which provides lots of history and links to other
sites.<br>
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University Actions Against High Journal Prices<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#actions">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#actions</a><br>
Section from aforementioned list that details Faculty Senate
resolutions, libraries withdrawing from the "big deal", etc.<br>
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Journal Declarations of Independence<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#declarations">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#declarations</a><br>
Section from aforementioned list that details editorial boards that
have resigned to start competing publications<br>
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SPARC Open Access Newsletter<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/index.htm">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/index.htm</a><br>
Monthly newsletter written by Peter Suber of Earlham College.&nbsp; You can
sign up to be notified as each new issue comes out.<br>
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Open Access News<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html</a><br>
A daily blog maintained by Peter Suber of Earlham College, in case you
want daily updates!<br>
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Access to the Literature : The Debate Continues, a Nature Web Focus<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/accessdebate/">http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/accessdebate/</a><br>
Pieces written by scientists, librarians, publishers, and other
stakeholders, which are being posted on Nature's web site from
mid-March to mid-May 2004.<br>
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SPARC, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.arl.org/sparc">http://www.arl.org/sparc</a><br>
Alliance of academic and research libraries and organizations working
to correct market dysfunctions in the scholarly publishing system.<br>
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ACRL's Scholarly Communication web site<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunication.htm">http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunication.htm</a><br>
ACRL's Scholarly Communication Committee has editorial responsibility
for this column.<br>
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BioMedCentral<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/">http://www.biomedcentral.com/</a><br>
An independent, commercial publisher of over 100 periodicals, committed
to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical
research.&nbsp; Based in the UK.<br>
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PLoS, Public Library of Science<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.plos.org/">http://www.plos.org/</a><br>
Not-for-profit, open access publisher (PLoS Biology launched Fall 2003,
PLoS Medicine to launch in 2004).&nbsp; Based in San Francisco.<br>
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Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dcprinciples.org/">http://www.dcprinciples.org/</a><br>
On March 16, 2004, representatives from the nation&#8217;s leading
not-for-profit medical/scientific societies and publishers announced
their commitment to providing free access and wide dissemination of
published research findings. <br>
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<b>Discussion lists:</b><br>
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SPARC Open Access Forum<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/soa/#forum">http://www.arl.org/sparc/soa/#forum</a><br>
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American Scientist Open Access Forum<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html">http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html</a><br>
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SCHOLCOMM, from ACRL<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholcommdiscussion.htm">http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholcommdiscussion.htm</a>