Open Access The Lingo, The History, The Basics, and Why Should We Care.

The Lingo  Open Access does not always mean Open Source  Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

Sources  Gold OA- Open Access Journals that are free and make their content available online- no embargo's  Green OA- Literature available in institutional repositories and includes mixed media of the institution.  Does not include final draft.

Common Models  Pure OA- journals funded by advertisers, donations or a home institution.  Publication Fee- Author pays to have an article published,  Hybrid

Pre and Post Prints  Pre Print is a Draft before peer review.  Post Print is the draft after peer review, but not yet published.

A Bit of History  Budapest Open Access Initiative   Public Good and Access for all.  Self Archiving  Open Access Journals.

Another Bit of History  Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.  2003  Disseminating information for free  All for the good of mankind.  Based on Electronic Repositories by Institutions.

Institutional Repositories.  Online Resource, run by an institution, to electronically store, theses. Dissertations and research.  Much of this used to be stored in paper form, i.e. Archives.  Now digitized and accessible to all.

Public Libraries  Why should you care?  Producer of information, not just consumers.  Special Collections, Local Authors, Local News  Genealogy  Local Historical Societies  Local Government  Manpower

Community Center  Less books, more public space  Technology based  Retrain to publish  Local scholars  Program based.