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On 6 August 1991, the web became publicly available. During that period, the web only provided screens full of text, usually in one font and font size. Electric mailing list were a popular method for distributing longer strings of texts like articles to people then. However, with technology advancing rapidly and web maturing, contents are being offered and retrieved in digital formats online rather than through physical volumes. Continue reading →

(Image Source: https://www.findspark.com/) Have you ever felt this way when you are looking for article or research paper and they ask you to pay for it? Or when Taylor Swift remove her music from online streaming? Being able to access to free content is by open access. (Image Source: openaccessweek.org/) The video below explains what is open access about. Continue reading →

Source: Pexels As a student, being able to access materials is crucial to my studies when it comes to doing assignments and gathering further sources of information to aid in my understanding of various topics. Why allow free access? Free resources reaches out to a wider range of viewers and readers with faster and broader  dissemination of information. Reaching out to individuals or organizations to re-use or spur better ideas does play an important factor in educating and inspiring them. Continue reading →

Nearly everything comes with a price-tag nowadays, even downloading music online, mobile applications, online articles/journals and etc; And some consumers are willing to pay for it(but i don’t). Continue reading →

As digitalization grows, more and more content producers are sharing their content online in the form of journalism, video or audio. Consumers find access to these different information in the shared virtual space and some of it come as free. (Miller, 2015) Given the effortless access an individual can have over the web, a new content producer may build his reputation faster by posting free online content. The absence of gatekeeper (i.e. Continue reading →

Click for a clearer image –> Source : http://www.slideshare.net/sjDCC/benefits-and-practice-of-open-science As a student, having access to academic articles has become an important element in my. It helps me to get a better understanding of subject by exposing me to different ideas and concept of the topic. With open access, I am grateful that I do not have to pay to read these articles because as a student, we do not have the financial ability to pay for every article we read. Continue reading →

Souce: Tumblr The one time Apple decided to give free music, majority of the people actually complained about it. It surprising, since who doesn’t enjoy free things? However, people only wants things that they like to be free. Most people are not interested in random freebies if it is not what they want. Can you Google it? We are so reliable to the Internet that Google has become a verb. Whenever we are in doubt, we would resort to searching for answers online. Continue reading →

Should content producers make their materials free? I strongly believe that the ideology of “open access” is contextual upon the content that is built. These are some background information in context of learning which shows the motivation for a open access ideology. Firstly, these are the Pros and Cons  in regards to open access. Pros: Cons: Open access model will shift the supplier of money from the reader to the author. Continue reading →