Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age

by E Wayne Ross on May 3, 2009

Academic Matters: Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age

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The Internet has made Open Access publication – the free distribution of scholarly work – a powerful possibility for scholars, administrators and publishers alike. Leslie Chan takes an in-depth look at the potential benefits, and looming challenges, facing this new approach to knowledge dissemination.