Boston University and Open Access

[Greg Tananbaum <gtananbaum@gmail.com>]

Of likely interest to list members:

"Boston University took a giant step towards greater access to 
academic scholarship and research on February 11, when the 
University Council voted to support an open access system that 
would make scholarly work of the faculty and staff available 
online to anyone, for free, as long as the authors are credited 
and the scholarship is not used for profit."

Note that it is not clear, at least from my reading of the 
resolution, whether faculty participation is required or 
recommended.

Full story available here:

http://www.bu.edu/today/campus-life/2009/02/13/university-council-approves-open-access-plan

Greg Tananbaum
Consulting Services at the Intersection of Technology, Content, & Academia
greg@scholarnext.com
http://www.scholarnext.com