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We used the databases of ISI and Ulrich's as our primary sources and estimate that the total number of articles published in 2006 by 23 750 journals was approximately 1 350 000.\nUsing this number as denominator it was also possible to estimate the number of articles which are openly available on the web in primary OA journals (gold OA). This share turned out to be 4.6 % for the year 2006. In addition at least a further 3.5 % was available after an embargo period of usually one year, bringing the total share of gold OA to 8.1%\nUsing a random sample of articles, we also tried to estimate the proportion of the articles published which are available as copies deposited in e-print repositories or homepages (green OA). Based on the article title a web search engine was used to search for a freely downloadable full-text version. For 11.3 % a usable copy was found. Combining these two figures we estimate that 19.4 % of the total yearly output can be accessed freely.

THe report (UK) everyone in the OA community is talking about - proposes OA to all research outputs from publicly funded research

Green OA (21.4%) exceeds Gold OA (2.4%) in proportion and growth rate in all but the biomedical disciplines,

Decision-makers, administrators and research managers should focus on Sections 8 and 9 that capture all relevant issues of OA policy development.

with good overview and stats for OA growth

new OA calculations from Ulrich, by S. Harnad

Heather Morrison reviews statistics of OA growth including DOAJ, Scientific commons, insitutional mandates

"Managing free and open access electronic resources" How to support library patron access to OA resources and ins ome cases, how to distinguish between free, or partially free or free at some time.

One of the advantages of the Harvard open-access policies is that the university's cumulation of rights allows it to negotiate directly with publishers on behalf of covered authors. Such discussions can lead to win-win agreements in which Harvard authors

A thoughful article on OA, its progress and implications, followed by an informative discussion from publishers, authors and librarians.

a slideshare presentation that highlights data on impact of oa articles in medical publishing

summarizes recent OA citation studies (Alma Swan)

" A survey was carried out to explore the field, both why journals did not employ advertising, and how advertising was employed. The findings show little uptake of advertising among OA journals, and indicate that there is a lack of understanding of how advertising could best be employed."

Call for OA journal innovation in Canada, particularly inclusion of multiple media formats

Some now predict that PLoS ONE's model will become the dominant one for scholarly journals. OA advocate Cameron Neylon, for instance, predicted that in future "most scholarly publishing will be in publication venues that place no value on a subjective assessment of 'importance'

uses coments, ratings, and recommendations metrics

The compact for open-access publishing equity supports equity of the business models by committing each university to "the timely establishment of durable mechanisms for underwriting reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty and p