Core Documents
The open access movement has generated a large and growing literature. There are, however, some documents and resources that many would point to as “core” resources in the field. We link to them below.
Declarations and Statements
Budapest Open Access Initiative Declaration (Feb. 2002)
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 2003)
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (Oct. 2003)
Tempe Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing (May 2000)
Works by Key Open Access Advocates
Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Open Access Bibioography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals
–, Open Access Webliography (with Adrian K. Ho)
–, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
–, Gateway to Charles Bailey’s electronic publications
Jean-Claude Guedon, In Oldenburg’s Long Shadow: Libraries, Research Scientists, Publishers, and the Control of Scientific Publishing
Stevan Harnad et al., Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing
Peter Suber, Open Access Overview
Reports
Genevieve J. Knezo, Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy, Congressional Research Service Report RL33023 (July 26, 2005), available at IP Mall
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, The Facts About Open Access: A Study of the Financial and Non-Financial Effects of Alternative Business Models for Scholarly Journals (Oct. 24, 2005), available at ALPSP
