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Open Access and Scholarly Communication

Information about Open Access publishing, vetting journals, finding funding, and more.

Welcome!

The goal of the global open access (OA) movement is to use the Internet to provide free access to scientific knowledge and the digital tools used to advance it.

In this guide you will find information about the basics of OA and the many areas of the movement, such as Open Science and Open Data. This guide also contains information which can help you navigate the current scholarly communications landscape. 

The box below contains recent news articles relating to OA and scholarly communications.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, please email Prof. Chris Barnes, Digital Publishing Librarian.

News in Open Access

The Royal Society Moves to Subscribe to Open

The Royal Society is switching eight subscription journals to a Subscribe to Open model. Here’s why and how.

By Rod Cookson 

Open Access Charges – Price Increases Back on Trend

Per article pricing is a fundamental building block for all paid publishing models, so our review provides an invaluable insight into how costs of open access continue to evolve. APC prices in general continue to increase, but at a slower rate compared with this time last year. 

Dan Pollock and Heather Staines • March 13, 2025

Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) gets major NSF grant

IOI Receives $299,454 from National Science Foundation to Investigate “Reasonable Costs” for Public Access to US Federally Funded Research and Scientific Data.

by Lauren Collister, 

Invest in Open Infrastructure

OA Monographs: A Call to Action

By Brundy et al., The Scholarly Kitchen, September 20, 2023

Call to action

Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities

By B. Swenor and JR Rizzo, Stat, September 6, 2022

Open lock amidst closed locks