Open Access at Emory University - YouTube

"Open Access is information that is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Why does Open Access matter? Have you ever tried to access a newspaper article from The New York Times and can't get to it without logging in as a subscriber? That's a paywall. Open Access eliminates paywalls so that people around the world have access to research for free. The Open movement also includes Open Data, or data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone, and Open Educational Resources, which are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use ..."