Here are some links related to the publishing of research and other academic works that I've culled off some lists recently:

• Nature: Access to the Literature
  This ongoing web focus will explore current trends and future possibilities. Each week, the website will publish specially commissioned insights and analysis from leading scientists, librarians, publishers and other stakeholders, as well as key links, and articles from our archive.
• NY Times: A Quiet Revolt Puts Costly Journals on Web
  The high subscription cost of prestigious peer-reviewed journals has been a running sore point with scholars, whose tenure and prominence depend on publishing in them. But since the Public Library of Science, which was started by a group of prominent scientists, began publishing last year, this new model has been gaining attention and currency within academia
• Acid-Free Bits: The document is a plea for writers to work proactively in archiving their own creations, and to bear these issues in mind even in the act of composition.

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