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Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication: OA Libraries/IRs/ETDs
This LibGuide provides useful information about the Open Access Movement, open access publishing and open scholarly communication trends.
Intro
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What is Open Access (Green Route)?
What is Open Access (Gold Route)?
Open Access Initiatives (incl. Developing Countries)
IFLA and eIFL and Open Access
OA Policies/Guidelines
The Public Domain
Benefits of Open Access
OA@Wits
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Wits Open Access Policy 2018
Wits OA Brochure
Wits Author's Addendum
Open Access Events at Wits (2012-2019)
Open Access Week Events - December 2020
Wits Open Education Resources Strategy
OA Books
OA Journals
OA Libraries/IRs/ETDs
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Intro/Guidelines re: Digital Libraries/IRs
Finding OA ETDS & Repositories
Digital Libraries/ETDs/Scholarly Repositories
Digital Libraries/ETDs/Scholarly Repositories (South Africa)
Accredited Journals (incl.OA)
OA Media & Law
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OA Films/Videos/
OA Music
OA Podcasts/Blogs
Vimeos on OA
OA Images/Photos
Open Source
OERS
A2K
Authors' Rights
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Wits Addendum to Publication Agreement
OA & Scholarly Communication
OA Publishers
Predatory Publishers
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Fake Conferences
Beall's List Closes - Articles about the closure
Research Metrics
Research Process
Library
OA World Lectures/Videos
World Lecture Project
Maps
New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use - Open Culture
Trace the past with NY Public Library's Open Access Maps Project - CNET
Open Access Websites
Access to Knowledge (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
AfricaBib Home
African Legal Information Institute
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Aneki Rankings
BioLinee Brazil
BioMed Central
Copyright Free Resources (various useful websites/topics)
Creative Commons
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project, digital archive of video oral histories of Japanese-Americans incarcerated or interned during World War II, Japanese-American internment stories
Directories
Directory of Open Access Journals
Download Over 250 Free Art Books From the Getty Museum | Open Culture
E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science
Etext Center: Collections
Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
Global Courts: Supreme Court Decisions from around the World
Global Open Access Portal | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
History of the OA Movement - Guide to Open Access - LibGuides at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
iCommons.org
Internet Archive - Text Archive
Mozilla Firefox Start Page
MyEnvironment Query | US EPA
MyScienceWork
National Association of Counties (USA)
Old Maps Online
Open Access Books
Open Access Directory
Open Access Guide for researchers in Africa
Open Access Leadership Summit, Botswana, 2007
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
Open Archives Initiative
Open Culture - the best free cultural & educational media on the web
Open Shakespeare
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations Initiatives
OpenJ-Gate
Pew Social & Demographic Trends - Public Opinion Polling, Survey Research, & Demographic Data Analysis
Project Gutenberg
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Sabinet - African Journal Archive
SAH ARCHIPEDIA
Scholarpedia - peer-reviewed OA Encyclopedia
Science Commons
Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII)
STATS: We Check Out the Numbers Behind the News
The Internet Archive
The Online Books Page
The Public Domain
Universal Library
Web Gallery of Art
Work and Family Commons | Work and Family Researchers Network
World Legal Information Institute
Arts and Humanities | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
University of Mary Washington Libraries
Theological Commons
OA Business case studies
Acadia Institute of Case Studies ::
Business case study list organised by company for business English | The Times 100
Free Case Study Samples for Business Majors
Case Center - Free Case Studies
Harvard Case Study Free Essays 1 - 20
Nike Case Study - Stanford and Harvard Examine Nike Inc's Approach to Sustainable Innovation
ISSNs of Open Access Scholarly Publications
All open access scientific journals in one place: ROAD taking you the right way - Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu
Purposes of the ROAD project | ROAD
ROAD Home page
Open Databases
ANC Archives
BoneCommons
ChemSpider | The free chemical database
Download & Streaming : Audio Archive : Internet Archive
eMolecules.com | Chemical Structure Drawing Search (free trial)
Hadithi - research at your fingertips (beta)
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
ODP - Open Directory Project
World Bank’s annual World Development Report (WDR)
Web links
Copyright Free Resources For Your Teaching & Learning - Open Access Resources - LibGuides at King's University College
Film Studies For Free: Online Film and Media Studies Journals
JISC Digital Media
Open Access Sociology Anthropology Resources | University of Oregon Libraries
US Census Bureau: Economic Indicators
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Open Science blogs
ScienceOpen
Free Case Studies (ECCH)
Free cases | ecch for educators
Reports/Guides
Open Access to Scholarly Literature in India —a Status Report (with emphasis on scienctific literature) (2011)
Report: IPR policy for research
The Current State of Open Access Repository Interoperability (2012)
PPT presentations
Open Access for Research: The Librarian Overview of Opportunities &...
Open Access Legal Publishing in Africa Training | African Legal Information Institute
Awesine Resource Collections
Resource Collections - Awesome Resource Collections - Best Of! at Best Of!
Libguides on OA Resources
Teaching Materials - Open Access Resources - Research Guides at Southern Connecticut State University
Copyright Free Resources For Your Teaching & Learning - Open Access Resources - LibGuides at King's University College
OA Resources for Librarians
Best open source tools for libraries | opensource.com
Virtual Library (Publications Getty)
Bibliographies about OA
DigitalKoans » Blog Archive » Bibliographies about Open Access from Digital Scholarship
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