The pros and cons of “Open Access”

Required Readings:
Swartz – Open Access
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/aaron-swartzs-guerilla-open-access-manifesto-is-more-important-than-

ever
https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262512664_Download_the_full_text.pdf
http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=library_pub
http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/9/534.full
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-aaron-swartz-open-access-met-20160117

-story.htm
http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-academic-libraries-may-change-

when.html#.V7soHV
https://www.aaup.org/comment/3301#comment-3301
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Hylen/publication/235984502_Open_educational_resources_Op

opportunity
After reviewing the assigned readings, describe some of the pros and cons of “Open Access”

Sample Solution