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== I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K ======== 4. Future e-access to the primary literature -- _Nature_ http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/ This new online debate hosted by _Nature_ explores "the most crucial and talked-about aspect of scientific publishing -- the impact of the web on the publication of original research." At the center of this debate will be the "The Public Library of Science" (PLS) initiative, an attempt to force publishers to place archived reports of original research into centralized, freely available, and unrestricted databases. At present, the site offers an introductory piece by two _Nature_ editors and responses from librarians, not-for-profit publishers, for-profit publishers, and technology developers (including Tim Berners-Lee and James Hendler). Additional articles will be posted in the coming weeks, along with a selection of comments from the forum. [MD] From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2001. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn