Open Access and the Future of Journals

I check in with Peter Suber every so often, to get the latest on the Open Access movement in academic journals. Until 2003 Peter was a fulltime professor of philosophy at Earlham College. Since then he has a variety of positions in the "Open Access" movement, and currently calls himself a "policy strategist for open access to scientific and scholarly research literature."

If you aren't familiar with the idea of "Open Access", you can see Peter's very good overview of what it is about (highly recommended). He also maintains a blog (since 2002!), Open Access News, where he provides the latest news (initiatives, trends, etc.) in Open Access. And you can read his monthly SPARC newsletters here, the most recent of which includes his Open Access predictions for 2007.

Open Access is an exciting movement, and one that I hope continues to see success in spreading. And Peter does the best job of anyone I know of gathering together all the latest news and events in this area.