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It's Open Access Week!

For those who have not found out about it yet, it is Open Access week this week!

Open Access is a model of publishing that aims to remove the paywall barrier to research knowledge - by granting open access to results. Now, if you've ever thought about getting an article via a portal such as ingentaconnect and were asked to pay, say, 45 USD for a 5-page paper where you don't even know if it will really hold that vital information, you will know about what "paywall barrier" means.

Open Access has its pros and cons, as every system has. But this week and for me, it has only pros - since the portal I just mentioned hosts journals by Maney Publishing house, and that house takes part in OA Week. You can find 22 archaeological journals on their page, and all the papers are free for you to read - no paying, no registration, no nothing - until November 4.

Also taking part, but only until October 30, is Internet Archaeology.

And finally, there's a long list of Open Access journals in archaeology on Doug's Archaeology blog.

And if this blog post is not going to steal at least half an hour from your life, I don't know what will...
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Anonymous on Thursday, 27 October 2011 13:08

Speaking of open access...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15445507

Speaking of open access...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15445507
Cathy Raymond (website) on Thursday, 27 October 2011 20:52

That's wonderful! I have a work project to finish, but I plan to head over to the Maney site as soon as possible to take advantage! Thank you!

That's wonderful! I have a work project to finish, but I plan to head over to the Maney site as soon as possible to take advantage! Thank you!
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