Charles Bailey has published a review of his work in open access in the past 20 years. Bailey’s publications include The Public-Access Computer Systems Review and Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. The review offers an interesting look at the evolution of open access. From the article:
In June 1989, I launched PACS-L, a LISTSERV mailing list. PACS-L was one of the first library-oriented mailing lists, and, at the time, it was unusual in that it had a broad subject focus (public-access computer systems in libraries, such as online catalogs) rather than a narrow focus on a specific library automation system. Although PACS-L’s greatest contribution may have been in raising librarians’ awareness of the importance and potential of the then fledgling Internet, it was also the platform on which my initial scholarly digital publishing efforts were based.
Thanks to Peter Suber at Open Access News for the link.
