Public Access Goes Beyond OA

While open access (OA) is by far the most well-known form of public access, it is not the only one. Having spent two days last week at Research4Life meetings in Washington, DC and with today's announcement that more than 80% of UK local authorities have now signed up for the Access to Research initiative, now seems like a good time to take a look at what else is on offer.

R4L - and especially the HINARI program - is, of course, the Big Kahuna of public access programs. Access is free to