What is Open Access
 

Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.

To enable your publications to be made publicly available you are able to add them to UQ eSpace (The University of Queensland's institutional digital repository for publications, research, and teaching materials). UQ eSpace provides free, searchable access to openly available UQ research, publications and teaching materials and manages their long-term archiving.

 
Introduction to Open Access
 

An Open Access overview by Peter Suber: a reasonably short and succinct overview of what Open Access is all about.

An Open Access prima by Mark Funk: a beginners guide to Open Access that covers a large range of information.

What is NOT Open Access: a brief overview of what does not constitute Open Access.

Open Access myths: a site by Biomed Central that answers some of the key concerns people have about Open Access.

Timeline of the Open Access Movement: a chronological list of the major Open Access events.

Wikipedia Open Access page: the Open Access page on the ultimate Open Access resource.

 
The importance of Open Access
 

Published research results and ideas are the foundation for future progress in science and medicine. Open Access publishing therefore leads to wider dissemination of information and increased efficiency in science, by providing open access to ideas and open access to the broadest audience.

Whether you are a patient seeking health information, an educator wishing to enliven a lesson plan, or a researcher looking to formulate a hypothesis, making papers freely available online provides you with the most current peer-reviewed scientific information and discoveries.

The idea of open access is based on the view that research findings, particularly in health sciences, should be freely and immediately available to the world-wide scientific community, clinicians and the public, (from the PLoS)

 
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