(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Lallaisangzuali, Sailo
This paper discusses the general background and basic concepts of open access, as well as its
current developments. It also discusses the open access journal portals, platforms for open access
journals, its management and the impact it had on libraries. Despite the challenges raised against
open access, open access has become a significant movement that libraries cannot ignore. Libraries
need to address both advocacy issues as well as objections in order to assess the contributions of
open access to the institutions