Molly Keener has posted notes on OA Exposed!, a panel at the Charleston Conference (Charleston, November 5-8, 2008).

Some blog notes on the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting (Baltimore, November 17-18, 2008): Dorothea Salo: Professional schizophrenia, John Wilbanks keynote, In which I happily eat crow Marcus Banks: Brief Notes, Innovation Fair

There's been a dust-up lately over a policy change announced by the Online Computer Library Center for the terms of use for WorldCat, the union catalog of bibliographic records contributed by OCLC member libraries. It's disputed whether OCLC provides OA to the full WorldCat data: Open Library's Aaron Swartz says it doesn't; OCLC's Karen Calhoun says it does.

Jennifer Howard, For Advice on Publishing in the Digital World, Scholars Turn to Campus Libraries, Chronicle of Higher Education , November 21, 2008.  Excerpt: Update .  The article is now OA.

Larry Neumeister, NY judge tentatively OKs Google copyright deal, Associated Press , November 17, 2008.  (Thanks to Charles Bailey.)

Patrick Gaule and Nicolas Maystre, Getting cited: does open access help? CEMI Working Paper , November 12, 2008.

A letter from Lawrence Lessig, CC blog , November 17, 2008.  Excerpt: Comment .  I don't run ads, but I do have opinions and make recommendations.  And I recommend CC.  It's a non-profit that needs your support and will use your money well.

Another journal to offer Open Access while waiting for SCOAP3, an announcement from CERN's SCOAP3 project, November 18, 2008.

Peng Dong, Marie Loh, and Adrian Mondry, Publication lag in biomedical journals varies due to the periodical's publishing model, Scientometrics , November 2006.  Only the abstract and page one are free online, at least so far: Comments I won't comment on the overall argument, since I don't have access to the article.

Bernard Lane, No gags in new rules for CSIRO, The Australian , November 19, 2008.  Excerpt: PS:  Also see Colin Steele's February 2007 argument for OA at CSIRO.

Twidox launches private beta, CC blog , November 17, 2008.  Excerpt: PS:  Also see our past posts on Twidox.