Open Access and the new Era of Information Flow

Authors

  • D. Stan University of Pitesti, Romania
  • C.M. Chis University of Oradea, Romania

Keywords:

open access, scientific information, information literacy, institutional repositories, electronic journals

Abstract

In the new information era, a new phenomenon grows more and more: Open Access. The paper presents various advantages of the new way of online access to literature, from researches, studies, articles, to books and entire journal collections, through institutional repositories, DOAJ etc. Local projects for open access are presented in Romania. Regarding this concept, the paper also presents comparative situations in Romania, as well as other countries. Positive correlations between open access and citations are enlisted. Some advantages are also briefly presented for libraries.

Author Biographies

D. Stan, University of Pitesti, Romania

Library

C.M. Chis, University of Oradea, Romania

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Published

2014-01-21

Issue

Vol. 6(55) No. 2 (2013)

Section

COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VII: Social Sciences • Law

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