Heather Morrison and Andrew Waller, Open access : basics and benefits, in Letter of the LAA (Library Association of Alberta), pp. 17-18, 2004 (but self-archived November 10, 2005).
Abstract: “Open Access” has emerged in recent years as a major development in the world of scholarly communication. It may have the potential to greatly alter the university publishing environment and change the ways in which everyone accesses research material, particularly scholarly journals. This article will take a look at the basics of Open Access (or OA) as well as some direct and indirect benefits of OA inside and outside of academe.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/12/2005 10:28:00 AM.
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.
