SPARC Open Access Brochure
Open Access
Association of College and Research Libraries,
Association of Research Libraries,
SPARC,
SPARC Europe. [PDF. 6pp]
The Open Access brochure presents a more specific approach to change, by describing the benefits of open access to authors, readers, teachers, scholars, and scientists.
Facts and figures demonstrate how open access to scholarly research capitalizes on Internet connectivity to increase a research article’s use and impact.
The brochure suggests steps authors of journal articles can take to provide open access to their work. This action can be at the local level in providing access to their own journal articles, and at a broader level to support open access publishers.