Italian Universities for Open Access: Towards Open Access for Scholarly Literature: Report of the Messina Workshop

To report on the Open Access workshop held in Messina, Italy, November 2004.

A summary of the main points of the workshop.

There is recognition of a growing awareness about e‐publishing changes and the new economic models which may provide more impact for research papers, providing a viable (and less expensive) solution for the information provision to authors and readers.

A useful summary of a workshop of interest to those concerned with information management.