Open access - A never ending story

摘要

Like all good stories, also the story of "open access" is occasionally rather confusing, and in which direction the story will develop and where and how it will end will depend on the point of view and the position of the person actually telling the story. Thereby, one has to remember that the story of "open access" is a trilogy rather than a monograph, since at least three sides with their own, independent ideas are involved: the subscribers (readers and researchers), the authors and the publishers.