RA No.5

Open Access ( Publishing)
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Abstract:

The low-cost distribution technology has fueled the open access movement and prompted the creation of open access journals. However access OA content requires internet access and this distributional consideration presents physical and sometimes financial barriers to access. But an OA article is more likely to be used than one behind subscription barriers. The more articles are used, cited, applied and built upon, the better for research as well as for the researcher’s career.

Three (3) things I learned:

• Open access model shifts the payment burden from users to publishers.
• Open access articles equal more citations.
• Open access articles limited copyright and licensing restrictions.

Implications:

If we would follow the definition of OA publishing it is a free online access to articles that have traditionally been published in scholarly articles. The word free rings a bell to me. We Filipino librarians should find and grab every opportunity in sharing resources to our client especially if it is for free. It is said that the only barrier would be the internet access so we librarian plays a big role to this since we are more exposed in information gathering. We should make these articles available for our other client without access to the internet. We should grab every chance of a lesser cost information for our clients’ benefits.