The Polar Information Commons: A Framework for Long-term Stewardship of Polar Data and Information, press release, February 23, 2009. See also our past posts on CODATA.

David Larousserie, Comment le Web révolutionne la recherche, Sciences et Avenir, February 2009. (Thanks to Odile Contat.) Discusses science blogs, video, wikis, social networking sites, and rapid dissemination online.

In February, the National Cancer Institute of Canada became integrated into the Canadian Cancer Society. The NCIC had adopted an OA mandate in 2008, and retains the policy now as part of CCS. (Thanks to Jim Till.) See also our past posts on NCIC.

The theme of the latest issue of Culture & Recherche is the digitization of cultural heritage.

Jennifer Howard, Switch-Tasking and Twittering Into the Future at Library and Museum Meeting, Wired Campus, March 2, 2009. Notes on the WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital Age (Washington, D.C., February 26-27, 2009). See also our past posts on Flickr Commons.

Three Danish colleges (Copenhagen University College of Engineering, VIA University College, and University College of Northern Denmark) have contracted for the PURE repository software. See also our past post on PURE.

Brewster Kahle, It’s All About the Orphans, Open Content Alliance, February 23, 2009.

Christian Zimmermann, RePEc in February 2009, The RePEc Blog, March 3, 2009. See also our past posts on RePEc.

Hindawi's Monthly Submissions Exceed 1,000, press release, March 2, 2009. See also our past posts on Hindawi.

Munyaradzi Makoni and Christina Scott, Top South African journals to go open access, SciDev.Net, March 2, 2009. See also our past posts on the Academy of Science of South Africa or on SciELO.

I'll be on the road for the next three days, with few opportunities for blogging or email.