Elizabeth Wood, Open Access Publishing: Implications for Libraries, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2, 2, (2005). Only this abstract is free online, at least so far: 'The recent movement towards "open access publishing" has developed very quickly. It began with publishers such as Public Library of Science and BioMed Central, persuading researchers to publish in their subscription-free or very low-cost journals. Commercial publishers then joined in, suggesting that authors pay a fee to have articles available free of charge on the Web. Most recently, government and professional organizations are recommending that research results be published this way. Implications for libraries include the impact on subscription costs, institutional subsidizing of authors' fees, and libraries' negotiations with administrators.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/11/2005 01:23:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
