Site #1:
The entire site isn't all about open access and free information, but it does have an article that argues for the use of open access in the realm of research and science. The website itself is the official website for Berkeley University, and the article is written about a couple of the proffesors at the school and their arguements for the use of open access. A good thing about this article is that it presents not only the pro-open access arguments, but also the anti-open access arguments. It then presents reasons for why the anti-open access arguments are invalid. This site makes two strong points about the fiscal need for open access. They argue that in order for other researchers and scientists to see the results of another person's research, they have to pay for an expensive scientific journal- which makes it more difficult to obtain information that they might use to help their own research, which hinders their ability to make discoveries and come up with new innovations. Their second fiscal point is that university libraries and scientists in third world countries can't afford to buy scientific journals and are, therefore, not up-to-date on information and advancements in science. It also presents the counter-arguments to open access. The main counter-arguement is that open access doesn't provide enough revenue, and isn't fiscally sound. In order to combat that arguement, the article states that open access journals will make their information free for use 6 months after the particular journal is published.
Site #2:
This site makes many strong arguments for the use of open- access. This site is an open-access publishing site that actually employes the use of open-access. It first tells the reader why open-acces should be used, saying that it benefits investors, reasearchers, and the general public who can enjoy the benefits of a broader access to research. The site also explains what open- access actually is. It also highlights the specific benefits that researchers, educational institutions, businesses, the public, and research funders would each recieve via the use of open-access. Namely, that more useful research will be done, that jobs will be created, and that money will not be misused or wasted.
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