As the title suggests, this article is an introduction to open access repositories. After introducing the pricing crisis in scholarly publications, Suber outlines what he calls the permission crisis: the maze of rules, regulations and licensing conditions that must be satisfied under current copyright regimes. Open access, argues Suber, cuts through the permission crisis. I think he has a point: obtaining permission to use a resource typically costs a lot more than the resource itself.
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