« Free to All »: Library Publishing and the Challenge of Open Access
« There is a significant and important responsibility as libraries move into the role of publishing to retain our heritage of “access for all.” Connecting and c...
Étiquette : open access
The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library
« Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this article discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the Universit...
The Battle for Open : How openness won and why it doesn’t feel like victory
« With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from th...
A bibliometric study of scholarly articles published by library and information science authors about open access
« Introduction. This study aims to gain a greater understanding of the development of open access practices amongst library and information science authors, sin...
Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future
« If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term ‘open access’ in the past couple of years. You may also have heard eith...
Counting the costs of Open Access : The estimated cost to UK research organisations of achieving compliance with open access mandates in 2013/14
« Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Higher Education Funding Councils are the two most significant providers of public funding for research in the UK. Both ha...
The Adoption of Open Access Funds Among Canadian Academic Research Libraries, 2008-2012
« As a result of changes in scholarly communication created by the open access movement, some academic libraries established open access (OA) publishing funds. ...