[Open-access] Open Access Initiative - meeting notes, names and moving forwards

[Tom Olijhoek]

Much better,

 this excercise is already about content, but as Peter wrote we need to
have our purposes defined in a clear way.for me the text goes a long way in
the right direction..........
TOM

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Nick Barnes <nb at climatecode.org> wrote:

> Good.  Tinkering with your text:
>
> Open @ccess for All
>
> ‘Sharing the results of scientific research’
>
> “Most of the 2.5 million articles published each year
> in the world’s 24,000 peer-reviewed journals are denied to many of
> their potential users because they cannot afford access.”
>
> The solution to this problem is open access: free and unrestricted access
> to
> scientific information for everyone: free to read, reuse, and redistribute.
>
> This site is dedicated to the promotion of Open Access, as defined by
> the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
>
> It will:
>
> publish an Open Access Index: a novel way to measure access to information;
>
> provide a portal to Open Access related information;
>
> be a one-stop resource for access to all published scientific
> information organized around themes: for instance malaria, cancer
>
> include tools for easy access
>
> offer novel ways of sharing information made possible by Open Access
>
> build and host communities of scientists and other citizens sharing
> information
>
> link to other Open Access groups.
> --
> Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/
>
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