By Art Agrawal, re-post from The Optical Society Blog
How can we open Open Access even further?
It is fair to say that Open Access (OA) publishing has significantly changed research and scholarship. There has been much debate 
about OA, but the principle remains the same: allow everyone access to the published research. Its effectiveness in allowing everyone to publish is perhaps less straightforward. Yet, the trend towards OA is like the arrow of time, pointing in one direction only.
What does it hold for the future?
Simply more OA journals? New and competitive business models? The real future of OA may lie outside the debate outlined above. It may well be to enfold many more things in the embrace of Open Access!
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Posted: 24 December 2013 by
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