Mark E. Wilson from the University of Auckland made a survey where he solicits thoughts from his peers on models for academic journal publishing.

Tackling that first journal submission can be a great learning experience for scholars, particularly graduate students working on their PhD thesis.

Anaid Yerena, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at University of Washington Tacoma, details the kinds of projects she's worked on and how she's making her research more openly accessible.

Richard Poynder discusses his career writing about the Open Access Movement and his thoughts on the future of open access scholarly journal publishing.

We're excited to welcome Alexander Grossmann to The Open Access Stories blog series! Share this story and your own on Twitter by using the hashtag - #MyOAStory.

Sean Michael Morris, co-director of Hybrid Pedagogy shares the aims of the journal, why its editors chose to launch it as an open access publication, as well as other OA initiatives he supports.

Scholastica welcomes Alison Mudditt, Director of University of California Press, to The Open Access Stories series! Share this story and your own on Twitter by using the hashtag - #MyOAStory.

As part of The Open Access Stories blog series, Amy Vilz & Molly Poremski co-editors-in-chief of The Reading Room share the aims and scope of their journal and why they chose to make it OA.

Ian Beilin Editor of In the Library with the Lead Pipe discusses the impetus behind the OA journal and steps universities and individual scholars can take to further open access.

Roland Meesters editor-in-chief of Journal of Applied Bioanalysis discusses why he launched the open access journal and how he hopes it will help further the open access movement.