Open Access Initiatives
Global
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Enabling worldwide access to information and knowledge
Sakai : Collaboration and Learning Environment for Education Many users of Sakai deploy it to support teaching and learning, ad hoc group collaboration, support for portfolios and research collaboration. Sakai is a free and open source product that is built and maintained by the Sakai community. Sakai's development model is called "Community Source" because many of the developers creating Sakai are drawn from the "community" of organizations that have adopted and are using Sakai.
Sakai deployments worldwide - map and Sakai deployments worldwide - listing
Specifc
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003)
Open Access Law Canada is part of the broader Open Access Law program that is working to support law reviews movement toward open access. The new site includes a model Canadian publication agreement in both English and French, sample licenses, and a list of journals that have adopted open access (which in Canada is currently limited to the University of Ottawa Law and Technology Journal).
Sakai Québec Sakai-Québec est une association à but non lucratif qui a pour objectif de rassembler les différents acteurs du monde de la formation en ligne au Québec et ailleurs pour réaliser des projets pilotes d’envergure en logiciels libres basés sur des standards ouverts.
Conferences
Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, 20 - 22 Oct 2003, Berlin