Open Sesame/ Open Access

I've been reading articles on Open Access which have largely been academic. And dry. And BORING. I really wanted information that would be the opposite of the aforementioned. 

Just as I was about to give up, I serendipitously came across this online gem in the form of a podcast which features a talk by one, Gavin Yamey MD, Senior Editor of PLoS Medicine and Consulting Editor of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

PLoS is an acronym for the Public Library of Science, an international non-profit grassroots movement of scientists and physicians, who work to change the status quo by campaigning to make biomedical literature freely available for the global public good. PLoS not only talks the talk, but walks the walk by publishing7 Open Access journals. They also advocate for other traditional biomedical publishers to adopt more socially responsive practices.

Currently, there is no 'Open Sesame' to Open Access, but there are people like Gavin Yamey and others of his ilk who are doing their darndest to create an alternative. Click on the link below and listen. I promise you won't be bored.
 
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2007/03/17/opening-up-to-open-access-part-one-2/