Michael Nielsen, The Logic of Collective Action, Michael Nielsen, January 28, 2009.

A new issue of Library and Information Research is now available.

Dissensus is a new OA journal of political philosophy published in French by the Université de Liège. The first issue was released in December 2008.

Dorothea Salo, Light at the end of the tunnel, Caveat Lector, January 25, 2009. Notes on ALCTS Acquisition Managers and Vendor Discussion Group (Denver, January 25, 2009).

Academic Earth is a new collection of OA "video lectures from the world's top scholars".  (Thanks to Richard Ludlow.)  From the about page: The videos are OA.  Registered users may create their own collection of favorites, but even unregistered users may grade the lectures.  (From the FAQ:  "Lectures start out with a grade of B.  From there the grade is an average of the grades that our users have given it.

I saw these two developments within two days of one another and thought they should be blogged together. Wikipedia Loves Art.  (Thanks to Jonathan Gray.)  Excerpt:  Adam Hodgkin, Google Pictures and Google Books, ExactEditions , January 27, 2009.

The Winter 2008 issue of the INASP Newsletter is now online.

The Eigenfactor Project and Moritz Stefaner have produced some stunning visualizations of Eigenfactor data.  (Thanks to Emma Marris.) Comment .  Eigenfactor is an OA measurement of research impact.  For background, see our past posts on it.  Because Eigenfactor data are OA, they are free for mashing up or analysis by other projects as well.

The ARL has launched a new web site to help libraries develop a scholarly communication program, January 29, 2009.  Excerpt: The site was created by Kris Fowler, Gail Persily, and Jim Stemper.

GreyNet secures open access for its former collections in the GL-Series, a press release from GreyNet, January 26, 2009.  Excerpt: Comment .  GreyNet started making its conference proceedings OA through its repository in May 2008.  I applaud its determination to complete the collection retroactively, even if it means buying permission from a publisher.  Note to other conference organizers:

John Wilbanks, Data, Copyrights, And Slogans, Part II, Common Knowledge , January 26, 2009.  Excerpt: PS:  See John's first post in this series (1/24/09) or the excerpt blogged here.