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Article: Open access forum: many roads to open access.(Cover Story)
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- January 1, 2005
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Green roads, gold roads, free roads, toll roads--descriptions of the world's various and sundry open access (OA) initiatives tend to be full of colorful metaphors. But what is open access and what does it have to do with readers of ONLINE magazine--or for the library, information, and scientific communities in general?
Open access began as an academic discussion and has now evolved into a movement to turn the world's research literature into a global resource accessible to everyone via the Internet. Leading research organizations, publishers, and library associations (including SLA, IFLA, and CILIP) have issued position statements concerning OA. Last year's World ...