Is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier for everyone to discover them, use them for reference, and update them.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Nidae Al-Ryadh of Free Access to Scientific and Technical Information was the first Arabic declaration in support of OA by the participants in the Second Gulf-Maghreb Scientific Congress (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 25-26, 2006), which calls for free access to all scientific literature on the internet.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Through provision of guidelines and by establishing a network of OA experts, the project provided the support required to introduce OA practices.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Projects: OA Publishing agreement with Springer to make available articles by Dutch researchers in Springer journals will be made available Open Access, with author's approval.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

They were named after the British Queen in 1855 by Scottish explorer David Livingstone, but their local name of "Mosi-oa-Tunya" -- meaning "the smoke that thunders"-- is far more descriptive.

CNN: Victoria Falls ... without the bungee jumping