*Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, 570006, Karnataka, India. Senior Executive, Information Services, HCL-IBTO, DSL Software, 33A, Ulsoor Road, Bangalore, 560 042, Karnataka, India. E-mail: ayesha.taranum@dsl.hcltech.com
**Dept. of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, 570006, Karnataka, India. e-mail: shalini@lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in
The speed at which rate of scholarly information is increasing is frenetic. Catalyzing this astonishing growth are the technological developments. The dream of a researcher to have free, instant access to peer reviewed papers and data, is now a possibility, allthanks to the process of author self-archiving. To archive especially the research works in institutional repositories has been possible due to the movement called Open Access. This paper takes a brief look at the development of the movement and a parametric studyof some of the best-known archives in the scholarly world.
Scholarly information, Research worker, Information access, Peer reviewed papers, Authors self archiving, Open access
