Mark E. Funk, AHIP, has developed a beginner's guide to open access.It provides a broad overview, including the history, philosophy,ethics, and economics of open access and several national andinternational initiatives such as the Budapest Open Access Initiative,the Bethesda Principles, and DC Principles. Check out - http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/resources/oa_primer_mfunk.pdf(PDF, 112KB) --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in