Open Access   Tags: author rights, copyright, free, institutional repository, internet, oa, open access, publishing  

"Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder."

From Peter Suber's Very brief introduction to Open Access.

Other Resources

• Budapest Open Access Initiative
  
  
• Duke Open Access Site
  
  
• OASIS:  Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook

• Open Access [Public LIbrary of Science] 
   
• SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition