*** with apologies for cross-posting ***The Dec. 11, 2010 Early Year-End Edition of the Dramatic Growth of Open Access is now available at: http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/12/dramatic-growth-of-open- access-december.html
Highlights:The Directory of Open Access Journals now lists more than 5,800 journals, and is adding about 4 titles per day (a growing growth rate)
Over 7,500 journals worldwide use Open Journal SystemsMore than 1,000 journals participate voluntarily in PubMedCentral; over half provide immediate open access to all articles OA mandates continue to lead the dramatic growth of open access percentage-wise
best, Heather G. Morrison, MLIS Doctoral Candidate, SFU School of Communication http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/ hgmorris@xxxxxx The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com