[A2k] Fwd: A2k , more about

[Peter Suber]

--
[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
At 11:41 PM 1/23/2007, you wrote:

>I am working on a few issues that are obviously taking an 'a2k' dimension,
>and i am putitng some literature and documentation together,
>
>In referring the a2k movement, I am having problem in defining it, probably
>because I cant pin down a single website with all the info on it
>
>Can anyone (everybody) help me to determine
>- main website, other online resources other than this list
>- journals, events?
>- main mission/manifesto, ojectives, plans if any
>- history (when was it started, by whom, what events)
>- any specific deliverables, plans and/or internetional coordination taking
>place?
>- assuming people have projects thtat they want to promote as part of
>an a2kframework, what do they do?
>
>thanks a lot
>cheers
>
>paola dm


Dear Paola:  The A2K movement has many strands that are only slowly being
unified.  Here's some info on one strand:  open access (OA) to
peer-reviewed research literature.

Open Access Overview
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm
(my introduction to OA for those who are new to the concept)

Major manifestoes:
--Budapest Open Access Initiative (February 2002)
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml
--Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 2003)
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/bethesda.htm
--Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and
Humanities (October 2003)
http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html

Timeline of the open access movement
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm
(my chronology of the landmark events)

      Good luck in your research,
      Peter




----------
Peter Suber
Senior Researcher, SPARC
Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge
Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College
Author, SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Author, Open Access News blog
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/
peter.suber@earlham.edu

--