New report on OA models from RIN
The Research Information Network has just released a new report analysing various possible scenarios for how open access might be achieved.
Heading for the open road:costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications investigates models including ‘Green’ open access (archiving in repositories); ‘Gold’ open access (open acess journals which usually charge publication fees); licensing and transactional options, and concludes with key implications for national policy-making.