"Open Access," Legal Publishing, and Online Repositories

Pamela Bluh, University of Maryland School of Law, Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Document Type: Article

Published in the Journal of law, medicine & ethics, v. 34, no. 1, spring 2006, with permission of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.

Abstract

This paper discusses the efforts of the Open Access Movement to provide scientific and scholarly information over the Internet. The origin of the movement is described as are the benefits of free access to researchers in the scientific, technical and medical fields.

Keywords:

Open Access Movement, legal publishing, online repositories

Recommended Citation

Bluh, Pamela, ""Open Access," Legal Publishing, and Online Repositories" (2006). All Faculty Publications. Paper 48.
http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/fac_pubs/48