Open Access

Composed at a 2001 Open Society Institute conference, this document is considered a definitive text of the OA movement

Videos from the official Open Access Week website

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)'s explanation of OA

Peter Suber is a name to know in the OA movement

"The mission of OASPA is to support and represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journal and book publishers globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly disciplines."

Nariani, R., & Fernandez, L. a. (2012). Open Access Publishing: What Authors Want. College & Research Libraries, 73(2), 182-195.

Bernius, S. (2010). The impact of open access on the management of scientific knowledge. Online Information Review, 34(4), 583-603. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14684521011072990

Clobridge, A. (2013, March-April). You say you want a revolution? Open access on the March. Online Searcher, 37(2), 38+.

Kousha, K., & Abdoli, M. (2010). The citation impact of open access agricultural research: A comparison between OA and non-OA publications. Online Information Review, 34(5), 772-785.

Xia, J., & Nakanishi, K. (2012). Self-selection and the citation advantage of open access articles. Online Information Review, 36(1), 40-51. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14684521211206962

Chaudhuri, J., & Thohira, M. (2010). Usage of open-access journals: Findings from eleven top science and medical journals. Serials Librarian, 58(1-4), 97-105.

Sutton, C. (2011). Is free inevitable in scholarly communication? the economics of open access. College & Research Libraries News, 72(11), 642-645.

Poschl, U. (2010). Interactive open access publishing and public peer review: The effectiveness of transparency and self-regulation in scientific quality assurance. IFLA Journal, 36(1), 40-46.

Munch, V. (2011). Open access: Shaking the basics of academic publishing. Online, 35(4), 18-21.

Wired article about Elsevier take down notices

Another article about the Elsevier take down notices from the Chronicle of Higher Education

Great blog about Elsevier's take down notices and the importance of maintaining your author rights

Another blog about author rights and the Elsevier take down notices

Controversial recent article in Science questioning the quality of peer-review by OA publishers

Response from The Guardian about the above Science article

An article from Nature magazine by Richard Van Noorden

an article from the Chronicle of High Education by Hugh Gusterson.