Open Access Issues
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American Scientist Open Access Forum
8800+ messages on open access [archives] -
Beall’s List of Predatory Journals (Scholarlyoa)
Survey of hundreds of questionable scholarly open access publishers. The original list was discontinued in January 2017 , but soon succeeded by the “Stop Predatory Journals” website -
Berlin Conferences
Conferences on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (Max Planck Gesellschaft, annual) -
Berlin Declaration
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (October 22, 2003) -
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Summary of April 11, 2003 Meeting on Open Access Publishing -
Budapest Open Access Initiative (OSI)
Budapest, December 1-2, 2001 -
CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources
Expanding access to information … -
COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories
Greater visibility and application of research through global networks of Open Access repositories -
Creative Commons
Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world -
DSpace (MIT)
Digital library system for universities -
Digital Agenda for Europe (EC)
A Europe 2020 Initiative -
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
Making it easier to find information -
HIFA 2015: Health Care Information for All by 2015
Global campaign for free health care information for developing countries -
How Can I Share It?
Enhancing scholarly sharing -
ICML 9 / CRICS 7: Declaracao de Salvador
Salvador, Bahia, September 20-23, 2005 -
ICOLC: International Coalition of Library Consortia
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IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations
International Federation of Library Associations -
IFLA: Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation
Open Access Position of the International Federation of Library Associations -
INASP: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
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Journal of Electronic Publishing (University of Michigan Press)
Forum on electronic publishing issues -
LIBLICENCE: Licensing Digital Information – Developing Nations Initiatives (Yale University Library)
Survey of developing countries related initiatives on electronic access to the literature -
Lean Library (Sage)
Library access browser extension -
Lockss Project (Stanford University Library)
Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe -
Nature: Access to the Literature
Electronic Access to the Scientific Literature – Various Viewpoints -
Open Access Belgium
Promoting open science – Belgian issues -
Open Access Chronology (Marie Lebert)
A timeline of open access history -
Open Access Directory (OAD)
Central Wiki with all kinds of open access related informations -
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
Open access publishers -
Open Access Success Stories
Open access stories -
Open Access Week
A global event promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research -
Open Archives Initiative
Santa Fé Convention, etc. -
Open Content Alliance
Building a digital archive of global content for universal access -
Open Repository (BioMed Central)
DSpace based open access institutional repository services from BioMed Central -
OpenAIRE
Open access in Europe. Over 5,000 repositories -
PKP: Public Knowledge Project (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Overview of open journal systems -
ROARMAP
Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies -
ROMEO (SHERPA, UK)
Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving -
Research 4life
Information about Hinari, Agora, Oare and Ardi -
Richard Poynder on the state of Open Access
and other OA related blogs -
SCHOLarly Kitchen
What’s hot and cooking in scholarly publishing -
SCHOLarly Open Access (UK)
Critical Analysis of Scholarly Open Access Publishing. Featuring Jeffrey Beale’s List of Predatory Publishers -
SCHOLarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo)
Information about scholarly societies across the world -
SCIDEVNET: Science and Development Network
Science and development network -
SHERPA (UK)
Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access -
SPARC Europe
European branch of SPARC -
SPARC: Open Access Newsletter (Peter Suber)
Formerly: The Free Online Scholarship (FOS) Newsletter -
SPARC: Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition
“Returning science to the scientists” -
UNESCO Open Access Curriculum
Curriculum for Library Schools (4 modules) + for Researchers (5 modules) -
UnPayWall
Open access database for over 26.000.000 scholarly articles -
Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science
Free access to the scientific literature -
Widernet: Casting a Wider Net
Improving digital communication for people in developing countries