The What’s, How’s andWhy’s of ‘Open Access’

$22,126.00

Open Access

$14,384.00

$12,525.60

Some sample 2008 journal prices…

Yikes!

What?

“Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online,free of charge, and free of most copyright andlicensing restrictions.”-Peter Suber

Open Access

Two complementary strategies to achieveopen access:

1. Publish in an Open Access journal2. Publish in a conventional journal anddeposit a copy of the published paper inan open access archive.

How?-pay for dissemination, not access

Open Access

Open Access journals-author-pays, subsidized, advertisements,society membership fees-or, some combination or variation of above.

How?Open Access

Open Access repositories-institutional or disciplinary(If the journal has a self-archiving policy)

How?Open Access

Why?

Widen dissemination, accelerate research,enrich education, share learning among rich &poor nations, enhance return on taxpayerinvestment in research, reduce the overall costsof scholarly publishing.

Open Access