Open Access Initiatives: A New Horizon to Academic Libraries with Special Reference to India

Manas Das
2018 International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology  
Application of information and communication technology is supporting various ways of scholarly communication. The transition from print to electronic and paid resources to open access resources has a great impact on information society and resulted open access movement. The article gives the meaning and definition of open access. It throws light on emergence and development of open access initiatives and various declarations in the world. The types of open access and their characters are
more » ... The gradual increase of journals in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is shown. The OA initiatives in India are also listed.
doi:10.22214/ijraset.2018.3105 fatcat:oafk4nxuazdfzec6hewnr66tmy