Open Access Resources

To find out more about Open Access, please visit the following resources:

SPARC – The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition was developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to promote change toward open access in scholarly communication.
Create Change – Create Change was developed by SPARC and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to educate faculty and authors about the new model of scholarly communication.
Open Access Newsletter - Hosted by SPARC, Peter Suber’s monthly open access newsletter provides timely information about legislative and academic issues regarding open access. Back issues of the newsletter can be found here.
Open Access Overview - This overview by Peter Suber is a comprehensive look at the open access model of scholarly communication.
Scholarly Communication Toolkit - The Scholarly Communication Toolkit was put together by the American Library Association and presents the major issues in scholarly communication as they relate to libraries, authors and researchers.
Directory of Open Access Journals – The Directory of Open Access Journal lists thousands of journals in various academic fields that make their content freely available online.