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Open Access Overview
URL: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

Description:
"This is an introduction to open access (OA)." OA "literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. OA removes price barriers (subscriptions, licensing fees, pay-per-view fees) and permission barriers (most copyright and licensing restrictions)." Also includes a timeline, links to a blog and a newsletter, and links to related information. From a former professor of philosophy at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.

Author:
Suber, Peter

Extra Keywords
web log weblog

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Communication in learning and scholarship
Electronic information resources
Information resources management
Intellectual property

LII Database Information:
Record 5152 created by Karen Schneider on 01/11/2005
Last modification on 07/28/2006
Published: 01/11/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5152