OPEN MANTRA for Open Access to Information

The importance of Open Access (OA) to information cannot be over emphasized. If ‘Knowledge for all’ has to be a reality then ‘Information for all’ must be ensured. Though the concept of OA is simple and straight forward enough, it encompasses many challenges such as copyright, government policies, awareness, technology among several other issues. This paper discusses a few of these issues and possible solutions towards OA. The paper proposes the OPEN MANTRA1 – Open SOURCE tools based upon Open STANDARDS to achieve OPEN ACCESS to information.