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In this modern age, many of us look up for content either by Googling for information or watching YouTube videos. There are advantages and disadvantages for sharing free content to both users and content creators. The following video explains what open access means: Advantages: Free for All Be it for educational purposes, or learning a new skill or hobby, having open access means that all these contents are freely available for anyone who wishes to view them. Continue reading →

Have you been in a situation when you were researching online for an assignment, and you came across a page like this? Source Well, the article above is clearly a ‘Paid Accessed’ article. Continue reading →

What is Open Access? [Source: Wiley, Photo by me] Should there be Open access? Free access? The first thought that came to me was – “I can gain access to books or entertainment online.” However, as the saying goes “We cannot have the best of both world”. There are bound to be people who will argue otherwise. In the user’s perspective, one would plead for a free access. Continue reading →

The Internet has fundamentally changed the way we live, work and communicate, and has had a profound impact on many industries. Digitization have opened up myriad possibilities for the creative industry, and enabled people to create and distribute their own content. It has also developed issues for the creative industry which becomes challenging for them. The most common issues faced by people in the creative industry are plagiarism and copyright issues. Continue reading →

Let’s provide an example, in a world without free content and you need to pay for these information. Here comes Lacy a student who have a deep passion for chemistry, she wants to gain more knowledge. But she was immediately denied entry as it cost way too much. And she is not able to justify her purchase as that book might not provide what she is looking for. (Story by me; comic made from toondoo) But with open access, the situation depicted in the comic will have a different conclusion. Continue reading →

” WHY PAY WHEN YOU CAN GET IT FREE FROM WIKI? “ Does this ever happen to you when you were searching for articles for your assignment and you ended up at a website that requires you to pay to read more? You rolled your eyes and decided to just use the similar information you get from Wikipedia. Continue reading →

According to Suber, open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free-of-charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. (Suber, 2004) As a student, having such privileges helps in learning as we can’t afford to pay for every journal; worse if we don’t even know which is relevant until after payment. Continue reading →

[ Source : Image by me ; Piktochart ] What is open access? This video explains ” 90% of online content is expected to be behind paywalls in the next 3 years.”  [The Drum, 2016] [Source : Pew research center ] Shown from a research done by Pew Research Center, 94% of students rely on Google or other search engine in their research project. Continue reading →

(credits:123rF) Many materials freely available online benefits end users who are unable to afford the subscription fee for the desired information on the web. According to Adam Geib (2013),”The core idea of open access is the basis of its key advantage—articles are freely available for anyone who wishes to read them. For readers and libraries, the benefits of not having to pay for an individual article or journal subscription are obvious. Continue reading →

Should Contents be made freely available online? Source: Me This speaker explains the argument for Open Access of research papers very well.   Here are some views from people in the research field: One key point we will notice from this video: Irregardless of stance on open access,  ALL of them feel that the current structure and policies governing open access to scholarly articles needs change to make it sustainable. Continue reading →