Concepts of Openess and Open Access

OA movement brought about a paradigm shift in the way content is contributed and accessed in the online world. It is the collective thinking and efforts of several OA activists that it is slowly but surely being accepted as choice for publishing. Today not only individual scientists and activists but organizations, international bodies and countries at governmental levels are announcing open access policies. It is indeed an encouraging trend for free flow of information in the scientific worlds and removes financial and legal barriers in access to information and thus ensures true democratization of knowledge.