You find an article that looks perfect for your research. The abstract addresses precisely the question you are exploring. You click to read more—and encounter a payment request. Before you can assess whether the article is useful, you have another problem to solve: getting access. As a research librarian and digital scholarship librarian, I think Read More

October 20-26, 2025 is International Open Access Week and a time to discuss Open Access (OA) to information. Scholarly publishing is largely still behind paywalls, but the open access movement has greatly expanded the amount of research that is freely available online for everyone to read, use, and re-use. Levels of Open Access There are Read More