On Open Access, Dandelions and “Open in Order to Grow”    

"Open Access (OA) is a lot like dandelions. If you’re an OA advocate, you already know what I mean. If you’re not, well – let’s just say Open Access is about spreading the “joy”. You’re walking through a field that is full of interesting papers. You can pick any one. And if you don’t like that one, you can pick another. Two papers you find look like they have some complimentary information. Wait, here’s a third. And a fourth! Before you know it, you’ve found a whole host of papers on the topic you’re researching and you have enough to start building an idea."