Reprints Desk Blog How to Make Open Access Articles Easier to Find

After more than 20 years of rapid growth in open access (OA) publishing, discovery and access of scholarly resources continues to be a challenge. While studies show OA articles enjoy benefits of greater discoverability, such  benefits are mainly applicable  for public repositories and open-web search engines. Institutional research channels, on the other hand, have notable OA blind spots. Libraries of all kinds are struggling to expose patrons to freely available content alongside traditional print and digital resources.