1. What is open access (OA) publishing? Why is it important? What are the pros and cons of OA? How does it relate to library and information science?

2. From the Budapest Open Access Initiative: “ Free availability on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link the full text of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the Internet itself.”

3. price barriers and permission barriers are removed publications are available FREE in a digital, online format Scholarly journals Research articles E-books (like Google books) open access logo was designed by the Public Library of Science to alert users that their publications are free to read, download, copy and use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg

4. the modern OA and the public access movement became widespread - late 1990s /early 2000s as the Internet boomed as the Internet spread, the argument for OA began First online-only, OA journals appeared in late 1980s’; following in the early ‘90s: scientific and medical journals National Academic Press published for the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and other National Academies still provide free full-text books online (over 3,600 books available)

5. in-print scholarly and research systems were increasing but so was the cost; budget cuts were happening in 1997, Association of Research Libraries developed Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) aligned academic and research libraries 2001 letter signing led to Public Library of Science (PLoS) other international organizations followed importance came with international attention

6. * Gold Open Access * -- fully open journal access Hybrid Access – just for some journals Delayed Open Access – particular journals, restrictions Green Open Access – self-archiving

7. * It’s FREE! Accessible at the tips of your fingers * No access barriers means no hassles * See what a librarian has to say! http://vimeo.com/1899985

8. * Money – how will the publisher be compensated if no one is paying? * Competition – ex. Public Library of Science vs. smaller journals * Access – not everyone has access to computers/Internet

9. Budapest Open Access Initiative - www.soros.org/openaccesswww.soros.org/openaccess Children’s Digital Library - http://en.childrenslibrary.orghttp://en.childrenslibrary.org Gutenberg Project - http://www.gutenberg.orghttp://www.gutenberg.org Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org http://images.vimeo.com/11/33/14/113314998/113314998_300.jpg

10. What are your thoughts on open access, as a student and future librarian? Do the pros outweigh the cons? Are the criticisms valid? Have you ever used these journals?