Open Book Blog | Official Blog of Athabasca University Press | Brief Thoughts on Scholarly Publishing and Open Access

"Open access agrees with my own insatiable drive for knowledge, as well as my penchant for social justice. Open access allows those who want to better understand some sliver of the world to find relevant information and then spread it around. Perhaps most importantly, open access levels the playing field between those with privileged access to cutting edge research, and those who may not even know this research exists."