Waller, AndrewMorrison, Heather2007-05-042007-05-042004Letter of the LAA, n.144, Fall 2004, p.17-180705-4890http://hdl.handle.net/1880/44603“Open Access” has emerged in recent years as a major development in the world of scholarly communication. It may have the potential to greatly alter the university publishing environment and change the ways in which everyone accesses research material, particularly scholarly journals. This article will take a look at the basics of Open Access (or OA) as well as some direct and indirect benefits of OA inside and outside of academe.engAttribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unportedhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/Library & Information ScienceOpen AccessScholarly Communicationjournal article10.11575/PRISM/29769