Open Access & Scholarly Publishing Resources
General Sources
- Electronic Journals and Public Access: Changes in Scholarly Communication - Network of the National Library of Medicine
- Scholarly Communication: Issues for Health Sciences Libraries in Clinical Settings - Network of the National Library of Medicine
- Association of Research Libraries Create Change Initiative
- Open Access Now. BioMed Central
- SPARC Open Access Newsletter - The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition.
- PubMed Central
Open Access Publishers
Support for Open Access
- Budapest Open Access Initiative
- Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
- IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation
- The Alliance for Taxpayer Access
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Statement on Sharing Research Data
- NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research (policy revised on Jan. 11, 2008)
- NIH Public Access
- NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) System
- Research Councils of the United Kingdom Updated Position Statement on Access to Research Outputs
Scholarly Society/Association Viewpoints
Studies of Scientific Research Publishing
Impact Factors
- The Impact of Open Access Journals (Thompson ISI)
- 2006 Impact Factors for PLoS Journals - Public Library of Science
Institutional Repository Services
Data Harvesting
Copyright & Intellectual Property
Discussion List
This webliography is based on significant work done by Mary Ryan, Director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library.