Why Open Access?
Several organizations have composed a thoughtful answer to the "why" of Open Access. A selection of some of them is below:
- "Open Access", SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
- "Why Open Access?", Right to Research Coalition
- "The Case for Open Access", PLoS (Public Library of Science)
- "Why should open access matter to administrators, faculty, and students?", Open Access Network
- scroll down for "Popular FAQ"
- "What is Open Access?", opensource.com
- "Why does open access matter?" subheading
- "Who benefits from open access?" subheading
- "A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access" by Peter Suber
- "Open Access" by Peter Suber (full-length OA book)
- OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association)
- SPARC
- Right to Research Coalition
- OASIS (Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook)
- Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing (a.k.a. the Tempe Principles)
- Creative Commons
- Budapest Open Access Initiative
- Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
- Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing