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Open access : basics and benefits

Morrison, Heather and Waller, Andrew (2004) Open access : basics and benefits. In Letter of the LAA(144) pp. 17-18, Library Association of Alberta (Canada).

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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.

Keywords:open access, scholarly communications
Subjects:B. Information use and sociology of information. > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
ID Code:4940
Deposited By:Morrison, Heather G
Deposited On:10 November 2005
Alternative Locations:http://hdl.handle.net/1892/97, http://www.laa.ab.ca/admin/uploads/newsletter/2004/14.pdf
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