Open Access, as defined in the Berlin Declaration, means unrestricted, online access to scholarship, including the following materials:
Ideally, scholars submit a complete version of their work and all supplemental material in an appropriate standard electronic format to an online repository that is supported and maintained by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving.
Benefits of publishing your scholarly and creative works in an Open Access repository include: