Is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

According to the Washington-based Association of Research Libraries, the average cost of an annual subscription to an academic journal shot up by 207% between 1986 and 1999.

ECONOMIST: Publishing

As Matt Blaze has written, the academic journals and professional societies that claim the copyrights on these works and then charge libraries exorbitant fees for access have become essentially parasitic, making a great deal of money while doing very little of value.

FORBES: Aaron Swartz's Reckless Activism