Open Access: Economics and Growth

• Income Models for Supporting Open Access  This report by Raym Crow is a current description of various business models that support broader access to peer reviewed scholarly and scientific journals.
• Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS) provides an authoritative ‘sourcebook’ on all aspects of Open Access publishing, with materials geared towards Researchers, Librarians, Publishers, Administrators, the Public, and Students. This site offers a worldwide perspecitve on new developments and initiatives and has inks to additional resources and case studies. OASIS is coordinated by Alma Swan of Key Perspectives in the UK.
• For a current analysis of the economics of open access as a business model, see this JISC Study Report "Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the costs and benefits".
• Open Access is defined and understood in many different ways.  Peter Suber (Research Professor of Philosophy at Earlham College and OA Blogger) developed this excellent "field guide to misunderstandings about open access"