Libraries and Scholars on the Green Path to Open Access Services, Policies, and Challenges

Abstract

Golden open access means publishing scholarly articles in journals that are open without costs for all readers. Green open access means secondary publishing of toll access articles in institutional repositories. Thus, it offers scholars a nice possibility to promote open access without giving up their preference of publishing in high-ranking toll-access journals. But what are the real pros and cons of this path to open access publishing culture?