While in the introducing important resources mode, please permit me to observe that a discussion group run by Ann Okerson at Yale University that has a resource filled home page and public discussion group archives is the LibLicense discussion group. This group has had substantial discussion of open access issues. Furthermore, since libraries are one of the oldest resources in the battle against the information divide of which the digital divide is one part, the issues facing libraries in electronic resource licensing are issues of importance to the digital divide.
Liblicense <http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml> Liblicense-L List Archives <http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/> D-Lib Magazine September 1999 Volume 5 Number 9 ISSN 1082-9873 The LIBLICENSE Project and How it Grows Ann Okerson Associate University Librarian Yale University [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september99/okerson/09okerson.html> Introduction to LibLicense <http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/intro.shtml> "Increasingly, university and research libraries are being inundated with information that has been created in digital format and transmitted and accessed via computers. As the number of collections in digital formats increase exponentially, more and more libraries and information providers are facing a number of unique challenges presented by this relatively new medium. Chief among these new challenges is crafting agreements with information owners that adequately assure libraries will continue to provide users with comprehensive and timely access to information in digital formats. Because of several unique properties of digital information, agreements that govern the acquistion and maintenance of traditional paper collections are inadequate in the digital information context. Unlike paper materials, digital information generally is not purchased by the library; rather it is licensed by the library from information providers. A license usually takes the form of a written contract or agreement between the library and the owner of the rights to distribute digital information." OPEN ACCESS IN THE LIBLICENSE ARCHIVES Search results for '(open or opened or opening or openings or openness or opener or opens or openest or openly or openers) and (access or accessed or accessing or accesses)' [I just searched open access, the computer had other ideas.] Documents 1 - 10 of 1700 matches. A small content sample of results. Open access and impact factors ( was: Open access and the ALA) Looking an open access gift horse in the mouth On the Need to Take Both Roads to Open Access The Harvards, the Have-Nots, and Open Access Re: STM Statement on Open Access Bill Boston Globe Article About Open Access PNAS Introduces Open Access Publishing Option RE: Open Access pricing and the perceived ability of research grants to cover publication costs How to fund open access journals from available sources Paying for open access Press Release: Open Access journals proven to compete on quality learned societies and open access Elsevier Gives Authors Green Light for Open Access Self-Archiving Re: Open access business models Open Access and "Membership Costs Open Access Publishing Funding Models Cost of Open Access Journals: Other Observations STM Statement on Open Access ---------------------------------------- And, oh yes, there is some attention to the digital divide from the library licensing perspective in this list's archives Documents 1 - 10 of 32 matches AP/Harcourt's Third World Model Ebook Conference 2000 Soros Seeks to Provide Quality Journals for Developing Countries Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> World Business Community Advisor <http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org> ----------------------------------- On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Dave Pentecost wrote: > Creative Commons, which is fighting for more open culture through > copyright reform, has a similar science initiative that digital divide > network folks should be aware of. > http://science.creativecommons.org/ > Best > Dave <snip> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
