IFLA discusses the proposed Google Book Settlement, Google Books Settlement, September 8, 2009.

The Open Dinosaur Project is a new project to collect open data en route to an OA publication.

Publishing Research Consortium, UK small businesses’ access to academic and professional information is good – but could be better, press release, September 4, 2009. See also: The report, Access by UK small and medium-sized enterprises to professional and academic information A companion report, Access to professional and academic information in the UK: A survey of SMEs, large companies, universities & colleges, hospitals &

Richard Smith, A crime against knowledge, BMJ Group Blogs, September 7, 2009.

The Stallman Paradox, GNU Telephony, September 4, 2009.

Connotea will be down on Monday for maintenance and repairs.  That means that the OA tracking project will also be down, since it depends on Connotea.  The Connotea developers hope it will be back online later the same day.  Despite the interruption, OATP users should welcome this development.  It should fix the problems we've been experiencing since June.

Since Peter started at Harvard, I've aimed to update OAN every weekday. I'm taking off Monday for Labor Day, and so probably won't post again until Monday. Have a nice weekend!

Amanda Curnow, Shared Research Repository Project, The Room of Infinite Diligence, August 27, 2009.

National Institutes of Health, New NIH Tool Makes Funding Data, Research Results and Products Searchable, press release, September 4, 2009.

Utrecht University formulates Open Access Policy, Igitur Newsletter, September 2009.

Christian Zimmermann, RePEc in August 2009, The RePEc Blog, September 3, 2009.