The Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, an OA library of Hispanic texts, has been awarded the Palma de Alicante for expanding access to its contents. (Thanks to Fulgencio García Ros.) See also our past post on the Cervantes Virtual Library.
Paola Obelleiro, Los fondos de la Real Academia abren la era digital del patrimonio gallego, El País, November 20, 2008. (Thanks to ANABAD Galicia.) Announces a €150,000 project by the Galician government to digitize documents held by the Royal Galician Academy and the National Library of Galicia.
Dorothea Salo, About the BibApp, Caveat Lector, November 21, 2008.
The Global Library of Women's Medicine is a new OA resource launched on November 21, 2008.
Julio Alonso, et al., Informe APEI sobre acceso abierto, report by the Asociación Profesional de Especialistas en Información (Spain), self-deposited November 14, 2008.
The deadline to enter the Sparky Awards for short videos on the value of information sharing is coming up on November 30, 2008. A $1,000 prize awaits the winner. See also our past posts on the Sparky Awards.
Anders Bylund, How the European Union Joined Google's Mission, The Motley Fool , November 20, 2008.
Bradley Brazzeal and Patrick L. Carr, The Potential Impact of ‘Public Access’ Legislation on Access to Forestry Literature, Serials Review , December 2008.
Voting has begun for the second annual Open Web Awards. PS: "Open" here seems to mean nothing more than openness to voting by anyone. The award categories include sports and fitness, celebrity and gossip, and dating and romance. All right. But why not a category for science and scholarship? (There are a few scholarly nominations in the Wiki and Environmental categories.)
Richard Poynder, Open Access: The question of quality, Open and Shut? November 22, 2008. Excerpt: PS: In addition to the September 2008 article of mine which Richard quotes here (Thinking about prestige, quality, and open access), also see my article from October 2006 (Open access and quality). Update . Also see Stevan Harnad's comments.
Jean-Claude Guédon, Digitizing and the Meaning of Knowledge, Academic Matters , October/November 2008.