[GOAL] Looking to the past, looking to the future

[Richard Poynder]

The migration from AmSci to GOALis now complete, and appears to have 
been successful, so many thanks to Stevan for overseeing the transition.

Now is surely also a good moment to thank Stevan for moderating AmSci 
with such energy for the past thirteen years, and indeed for his 
constant and assiduous advocacy for OA in general. I fully concur with 
Tony Hey’s comment of yesterday: “I think that Stevan must take some 
credit from the UK Government's decision to insist on open access to 
publications and data ... Well done Stevan and thanks for all your 
tireless proselytizing on behalf of open access!”

Meanwhile, with the end of the year fast approaching, what better time 
to look back at the last twelve months, and forward to the next.As list 
members will know, GOAL is intended to be a Forum devoted to practical 
policies and strategies for accelerating the growth of OA. I wonder, 
therefore, if anyone would like to share their thoughts on what policies 
and strategies they feel have been effective or promising in 2011, and 
how; and what they propose or foresee for2012 and why.

Richard Poynder

GOAL Moderator

www.richardpoynder.co.uk