Links to more Open Access data

Looking for more information on Open Access? Try these great resources!

The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is one of the leading bodies in Open Access.

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is, in my humble opinion, the premier site to use when trying to locate an Open Access journal in a specific discipline or on a specific topic.

Are you a student and want to connect with other open-minded people? Try Students for Free Culture.

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is another amazing site similar to DOAJ, but focusing on scientific and medical literature.

Tuesday, October 14 is the first annual Open Access Day

Feeling politically motivated? You may wish to contact your Congressional representatives and encourage them to OPPOSE HR6845, which is intended to prevent Open Access distribution of federally-funded research. We’ve already paid for the research with our tax dollars, why should we pay again just to read the results?
Open Access Day’s blog has more information as does The Alliance for Taxpayer Access.

The Open Access Directory has a bunch of great links with much more information.

SPARC has some relatively brief brochures explaining Open Access.

Peter Suber of SPARC has written this brief, one-page explanation of Open Access.