Open access links

I need somewhere to post links to OA stuff, and until I get better organised, that's going to be here:

Recent articles: (24 July 2012)


UK government will enforce open access to development research

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/25/uk-government-open-access-development-research

Is the Academic Publishing Industry on the Verge of Disruption?  US News
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/23/is-the-academic-publishing-industry-on-the-verge-of-disruption_print.html

Research paywalls tumble down  Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9422420/Research-paywalls-tumble-down.html

Brought to book Academic journals face a radical shake-up Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21559317

Why panning for gold may be detrimental to open access research The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/jul/23/finch-report-open-access-research/print

Recent (thoughtful) blogs:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/jul/23/finch-report-open-access-research
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/23/academic-research-shouldnt-be-made-freely-available-to-all/

From the publisher's perspective:
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/07/23/complying-with-the-rcuk-mandate-or-not/
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/07/16/predictable-problems-the-uks-move-to-open-access/

Critical perspectives from OA supporters: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/jul/17/uk-to-support-open-access
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/07/04/why-the-uk-should-not-heed-the-finch-report/
http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-finch-report-and-its-implications.html

Here's The Guardian article that started all the hoo-ha: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientific-research

And the THES's first coverage - they have also published some shorter interesting interventions:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=420573