Analyses the factors that have brought us to the current state of breakdown, including the skyrocketing costs of science, technology, engineering, and medicine (STEM) journals; consolidation of publishers and diminishing price competition; and shrinking library budgets
Summarises the benefits and drawbacks of different OA models, such as Green, Gold, Gratis, Libre, and various hybrid forms
Discusses ways to retain peer-review, and methods for managing OA in the library, including making OA scholarly publishing available to the general public
Addressing the subject from the library perspective while taking a realistic view of corporate interests, Crawford presents a coherent review of what Open Access is today and what it may become.
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