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

Fri Feb 3 11:54:27 UTC 2012

I would simplify the masthead, right back to how it was originally proposed:

@ccess
For Everyone

-- Mike.

On 3 February 2012 11:46, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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