Scholarly Exchange

The Open Access Movement

Scholars have one primary obligation to themselves and society. That is to develop new knowledge and share it openly with each other and society.

The Open Access movement has arisen partly in response to that desire and partly in response to the growing costs associated with traditional scholarly publishing efforts. Increasingly, new knowledge is being placed behind financial firewalls that impede access and benefit primarily the packagers rather than the producers of this valuable information.

For more information on activities related to Open Access, the following resources will be of benefit:

Open Access Blog and Newsletter (Peter Suber)

Public Knowledge Project

Directory of Open Access Journals

Open Content Alliance

OA Librarian Blog

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

Budapest Open Access Initiative

DSpace

EPrints

LOCKSS