Open access journals in the field of library and information science with special reference to DOAJ: A study

The open access (OA) movement, which calls for the free availability of research literature, was born out of a wide range of issues. Most prominently of them may be the discontent with rising costs. The objectives of these scholarly open access electronic journals are to bridge the gap between digitally divided scholars by solving the pricing and permission crises that have imbalanced the scholarly communication process. In Library and Information Science (LIS), like all other disciplines, a considerable amount of literature is now being published in open access electronic journals (e-journals). It is interesting to evaluate the LIS OA e-journals in terms of countries; Languages and year identify the core OA e-journals in LIS. The paper aims to give the concept of Open access and highlights Open AccessJournals especially in the field ofLIS enlist on DOAJ.