This document discusses open access to digital libraries and resources. It defines open access as content that is freely available without payment or authentication barriers. It also describes different levels of open access, from being able to read content online to being able to distribute it. The document lists various websites that provide open access books, journals, textbooks, videos and other media. It also defines digital libraries and repositories, which store content in digital formats for open access.

1. Open access, digital libraries and DKD. Becker10/15/2010

2. Open access - definitionsResources that are openly available to users with no requirements for authentication or payment.www.cs.cornell.edu/wya/DigLib/MS1999/Glossary.htmla model for journal publishing in which authors make their content freely available and archive it themselves. Costs of publishing are borne by authors or their funderswww.foodinfoquest.com/glossaryA publication model where in neither readers nor a reader's institution are charged for access to articles or other resources. Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. ...www.loc.gov/acq/conser/glossary.html10/15/2010

3. Levels of open accessRead onlineDownloadDownload and distributeSome items are open access only for short periods of time before having access restricted10/15/2010

4. Bookshttp://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/http://www.oapen.org/xtf/home?brand=oapenhttp://www.library4science.com/http://www.intechopen.com/books/http://oreilly.com/openbook/http://ocw.unu.edu/http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/unupbks-alm.htmlhttp://www.questia.com/publicdomainindexhttp://www.archive.org/details/universallibrary10/15/2010

5. Journalshttp://www.doaj.org/http://www.openj-gate.com/Search/QuickSearch.aspxAccredited open access journal (SA)http://www.ais.up.ac.za/aoajsa.htm10/15/2010

6. Texbooks/Coursewarehttp://www.4icu.org/opencourseware/http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/http://www.textbooksfree.org/http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Pagehttp://www.oercommons.org/courses/material_types/textbooks?gclid=CO-w56fzrqQCFdj92AodUXeoywhttp://ocw.unu.edu/ocw/Courses_listing10/15/2010

7. Videohttp://www.learnerstv.com/http://www.openculture.com/intelligentvideoTextbooksLanguage courses10/15/2010

8. Repository –definitionA repository in publishing, and especially in academic publishing, is a real or virtual facility for the deposit of academic publications, such as academic journal articles.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_(publishing)a permanent, not-for-profit education or research-oriented agency or institution that provides in-perpetuity legal housing and curation of records and material collections. ...www.txarch.org/archeology/glossary/index.html)

9. Traditional repository services Restricted to the output of a single institution A digital product to enable perpetual access through digital preservation Access that would be not restricted (not necessarily Open Access) All intellectual output, irrespective of the type10/15/2010

10. Types of repositories

13. Open AccessScholarius repository for PhD Thesis, Articles, Books and ReportsCovers many subject areas

14. European portals with English textNetherlandScandinavia

15. Institutional repositories

16. All repositorieshttp://digitalcommons.bepress.com/institutions.html10/15/2010

17. Journalshttp://digitalcommons.bepress.com/journals.html10/15/2010

18. Digital library - definitionA digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_libraryA digital library is a collection of documents in organized electronic form, available on the Internet or on CD-ROM (compact-disk read-only memory) disks. Depending on the specific library, a user may be able to access magazine articles, books, papers, images, sound files, and videos. ...www.netaonline.org/pd-digitalglossary.rtf10/15/2010

19. Beyond traditional repository servicesIndividual websites for CPUT staff membersImage galleries for archival and current imagesPublication of e-journals and Conference proceedings10/15/2010

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