What do y'all think of this idea, a full-text index to the content of
open access journals?

The phrase "open access journals" seems to be gaining popularity to
denote freely available scholarly journal content. There is a directory
of such content in the Directory of Open Access Journals:

   http://www.doaj.org/

What if someone, like us, were to mirror and/or crawl the content of
these open access journals and index the content. Wouldn't that begin
to demonstrate to the scholarly community that if they publish in these
titles, then access to them will be assured? Wouldn't such a project
increase access to these titles, and help improve scholarly
communication?

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Eric Lease Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame

(574) 631-8604