Open Access. Freier Zugang zu wissenschaftlichen Publikationen - das Paradigma der Zukunft?

Abstract

Since a couple of years there is a strong voice for open access – that is unrestricted free online access to research articles for everyone. By presenting a typology of open access, we discuss the realization of open access journals using various combinations of business models. There are high expectations, but as business models are still in flux, new challenges arise for libraries dealing with „institutional memberships“ and stagnating serials budgets.