Three things needed to know to get truly accessible right

Open access publishing is making research literature freely available to the public. But open access is not the final step to true accessibility of it. Someone explains three things from experience with information needed to know to get truly accessible right. These things are what oalib aims to get realized.

Bring the information to the people: Information can be frequently sent to target users according to users’ preferences for information in addition to providing to help them search for information themselves. That way, libraries, publishers, search engine producers, information producers and collectors, as well as other information repositories can act both as a progressive role and as a friendly cooperator.

Make information 'practically' open: While information may be legally and technically open, it also benefits greatly from also being 'practically' open. This means providing basic tools to digest information and adding appropriate context. Sometimes this means using mobile technology, social media, and translation into local languages and settings..

Don't ignore the political elements of promoting knowledge: In order to translate information into knowledge and knowledge into power, the process needs to be political to some extent. Information access is one element of a broader process to redistribute and share power and global resources in a way that is socially just.