OER Knowledge CloudJournal Article20132013/01Solomon, David J.Kasper, Wendi ArantvanDuinkerken, Wyomaserialsopen access journalsopen accessOER historyThe Journal of Academic Librarianship391 (January 2013)23 - 28991333It has been approximately 20 years since distributing scholarly journals digitally became feasible. This article discusses the broad implications of the transition to digital distributed scholarship from a historical perspective and focuses on the development of open access (OA) and the various models for funding OA in the context of the roles scholarly journals play in scientific communities.yes10.1016/j.acalib.2012.10.001http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001553http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001553