: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 00:00:01 -0400
From: Stevan Harnad har...@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [GOAL] Re: First use of the phrase open access?
To: Global Open Access List \(Successor of AmSci\)
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On 2012-08-07, at 7:28 AM, Omega Alpha | Open Access wrote:
Stevan,
I would have guessed BOAI as the first OFFICIAL use. I'm trying to
ferret-out the PRE-HISTORY of the term--even its informal, coincidental or
unconscious use--LEADING UP to the conscious decision of those involved in
BOAI
Gary,
About half a year before the BOAI meeting in December of 2001, in the early
summer of 2001, BioMed Central already used the term on its web site (BioMed
Central's unshakeable commitment to open access.). And ever since. See Wayback
Machine 9 July 2001:
...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of
Jan Velterop
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Subject: [GOAL] Re: First use of the phrase open access?
Gary,
About half a year before the BOAI meeting in December of 2001
