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- “Academic Libraries and Open Access,” by Aaron Tay.
- This is a substantial discussion regarding how Open Access publishing fits into the space of academic publishing at large, and the current issues surrounding Open Access: https://medium.com/a-academic-librarians-thoughts-on-open-access/academic-libraries-in-a-mixed-open-access-paywall-world-can-we-substitute-open-access-for-d30fa182cafd.
- “Removing the Barriers to Research: An Introduction to Open Access for Librarians,” by Peter Suber.
- This article is a detailed description of Open Access for librarians that digs into some of the deeper logistics of how Open Access publishing works in practice: https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/acrl.htm.
- “Open Access: The True Cost of Science Publishing,” by Richard Van Noorden.
- This article discusses the ethics of publishing, including how Open Access quells some of these ethical issues, and the practicality of free access to journals: https://www.nature.com/news/open-access-the-true-cost-of-science-publishing-1.12676.
- “We’ve Failed: Pirate Black Open Access Is Trumping Green and Gold and We Must Change Our Approach,” by Toby Green.
- This discusses current issues in the realm of Open Access publishing and offers prescriptions for how to make improvements to current models: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1116/full.
- “Open Access Overview: Focusing on Open Access to Peer-Reviewed Research Articles and Their Preprints,” by Peter Suber. CC BY 3.0.
- This article provides definitions, initiatives, and discussion surrounding Open Access, including discussions regarding journals, repositories, cost models, and the public interest: https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm.
- “Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?” by Stephen Buranyi.
- This article discusses the ethics of the traditional academic publishing model and its impact on the propagation of new research and scientific discoveries: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science.
