I still have problems with this idea. The all-funded-research-should-be-free thing is a problematic perspective to hang on to. One could argue, that consequentl

I still have problems with this idea. The all-funded-research-should-be-free thing is a problematic perspective to hang on to. One could argue, that consequently everyone working in Academia should be obliged to give away the books they write, the documents they provide, the presentations, the exams - for free because over here Universities are funded by taxpayer money. Enforcing this would most likely have an adverse effect, i.e. departments trying to get private funding in order to avoid disclosure. in regards to the Journals it comes all down to the rankings. So far I did not find a single ranking were Open Access journals were performing well. Might be more of a soft sciences problem, but I can not see a reasonable motive why someone should publish in an open access journal if they research holds up to the standards of well ranked "closed" journal. The only aspect could see is "to take a stand", and at least on my list of things I am willing to stand up for, the budgeting of the library department is relatively low on priority.