A podcast of a recent speech from John Willinsky, Canada's leading advocate for open access and the author of The Access Principle, is well worth a listen.
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Von Hippel on Open Publishing
MIT Professor Eric Von Hippel comments on the commercial success of offering his books in open access format (hat tip: Peter Suber).
Canada Announces Free Access to Digital Mapping Data
This morning the Canadian government announced that it is providing free online access to digital mapping data. Starting on April 1, 2007, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) began making its electronic topographic mapping data available to all users free of charge over the Internet. Notes Minister Gary Lunn, "Not only will […]
IDRC Digital Library To Launch in April
Heather Morrison reports that the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian federally-funded research centre that supports exceptionally important work in the developing world, will launch its institutional repository on April 24, featuring thousands of open access documents.
MIT Drops Subscriptions Due to DRM Demands
MIT Libraries have cancelled access to an online database after the publisher demanded that users download a DRM plugin (hat tip – Open Access News).
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