199-202Open access spurred by the Internet has brought
in new vistas for dissemination of scholarly content in almost all the
disciplines. It has enabled agencies, publishers and individuals to distribute
scholarly content online, free from licensing restrictions and cost. Like other
fields, the growth of open access has also benefited the field of library and information
science (LIS). In this paper an attempt has been made to assess the current status
of open access journals in LIS covered in Directory of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ) based on various parameters