An effort to generate more support for the PubMedCentral initiative has been launched, under the name "Public Library of Science".
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/ Worth looking at, along with the editorial in Proc Natl Acad of Sci (not yet in print, but available on the above Web-site). Emails to senior scientists seem to be going the rounds, inviting them to sign an open letter in support. Frank Norman National Institute for Medical Research Librarian The Ridgeway, Mill Hill London NW7 1AA, UK tel 020 8 913 8629 email fnor...@nimr.mrc.ac.uk fax 020 8 913 8534
