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Today's world requires information - for education, research, creativity, and life's daily needs. Consumers pay for information & the right to use it.
But no money = no access.
With Open Access, the cost is covered by producers of information, so everyone has equal access!
Research advances by sharing the results.
It's the "free, immediate, online availability of research articles... [and] the rights to use the[m]." [1]
Equity - Removes the cost barriers to allow everyone to access the same information
Acceleration - Speeds up and builds on development, advancement, and solutions
Public funding - Taxpayer-funded is a public good
Open Access means the information is freely available to:
Access - read, view, listen
Use - apply, perform, repurpose
Modify - adapt, change
Open Access is the reason the Covid-19 vaccine was able to be developed so quickly! [2] [3]
Open Access is the reason research is accelerating on anti-malaria drugs! [4]
Open Access saves students millions of dollars with the adoption of open education resources (OERs) like textbooks! [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
All sources from sparcopen.org/news