| ACRL
begins scholarly communication initiative |
The
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) embarks on a
three-year scholarly communications initiative as one of its highest
strategic priorities. Addressing issues critical to the future of
all academic libraries, the association will work to reshape the current
system of scholarly communications. |
|
Budapest
Open Access Initiative (BOAI) |
A
public statement in support of open access for scholarly journal articles,
and an interactive web site through which individual and institutional
supporters of the cause can add their signatures (officially launched
2/14/02). |
| Directory
of Open Access Journals |
This
directory covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals. There are now 802 journals in the directory, covering
all subjects and languages. |
| Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) |
A
list of common questions and their answers related to the Open Access
Movement. Here are some of major compilations of questions and answers,
or objections and replies. |
| Guide
to the Open Access Movement |
This
is a guide to the terminology, acronyms, initiatives, standards, technologies,
and players in the open-access movement -the movement to publish scholarly
literature on the internet and make it available to readers free of
charge and free of unnecessary licensing restrictions. |
| International
Scholarly Communications Alliance (ISCA) |
A
non-profit organization speaking for libraries and librarians around
the world. Founded in 1927. Among its projects is a set of guidelines
on the digitization of library and archival material in the public
domain (with ICA and UNESCO). |
| Open
Society Institute (OSI) |
A
philanthropic organization created by George Soros in 1993 to develop
and maintain open societies around the world. Among its projects are
the Budapest Open Access Initiative |
| Scholarly
Communication Crisis |
Sometimes
called the serials pricing crisis. The crisis for libraries arising
from the fact that scholarly journal prices have risen faster than
inflation, and faster than library budgets, for more than 30 years.
|
| Scholarly
Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) |
A
non-profit membership organization of universities and libraries with
the overall mission of making scholarly journals affordable, primarily
in the STM fields. |
| Z39.50 |
A
standard for computer-to-computer information retrieval. The standard
allows users to search remote computer systems without knowing the
search syntax used locally on those machines. The Z39.50 standard
was approved by NISO in 1998 |
