Open Access Journal and Scholarly Communication System

Due to the continually raising of scholarly journal's price, the economic pressure on library is getting hard and to cause the "Serial Crisis". For against the crisis, the concept of Open Access is born. Open Access is not only new journal business model, but also has close relationship with the working of scholarly communication system. This article discuses the economic environment of scholar journal, analysis reasons those make the Serial Crisis, introduces opinions those support or oppose the concept of Open Access. Finally, discuses what conditions Open Access should have when Open Access works in scholarly communication system from scholarly communication system's function, components and communication channel.