The Guardian reported this week on a new study in the BMC Medicine on open access (OA) and academic publishing. The primary aim of the study was to "measure the volume of scientific articles published in full immediate OA journal from 2000 to 2011" (Laakso & Bjork 2012). Further to this, the study also measured the share of open access articles which included publications that were made open access by publishers. The study concluded that nearly 17% of scholarly journal articles are already now made openly available on the Web within a year by the publishers (Laakso & Bjork 2012).

For further information on Open Access go to:

• The Guardian - Open Access news on the current debate on open access.
• BMC Medicine - Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and internal structure
• UQ Library Open Access Week Events