TY - T1 - Open Access to Scientific Publications – An Analysis of the Barriers to Change? SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10227/647 T3 - A1 - Björk, Bo-Christer A2 - PB - University of Lund Library Y1 - 2004 LA - en AB - One of the effects of the Internet is that the dissemination of scientific publications in a few years has migrated to electronic formats. The basic business practices between libraries and publishers for selling and buying the content, however, have not changed much. In protest against the high subscription prices of mainstream publishers, scientists have started Open Access (OA) journals and e-print repositories, which distribute scientific information freely. Despite widespread agreement amon... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Open Access; Scientific publishing; Information Systems Science N1 - PP - ER -