Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Newsjunkie.net is a resource guide for journalists. We show who's behind the news, and provide tools to help navigate the modern business of information.
Use of Data
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Open Access Korea (OAK) is South Korea's national open access repository, operated by the National Library of Korea (NLK). It functions as an integrated search service for domestic institutional repository knowledge and information, aggregating metadata and full-text content from universities, research institutes, academic societies, and government bodies across Korea.
The OAK project originated in 2009 as a creative management and distribution initiative under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In 2014, the National Library of Korea formally acquired and expanded the project, rebranding it as the OAK Knowledge Information Construction and Promotion Project. The NLK established the repository to uphold the principle that academic and research materials—especially those produced with public funding—are public goods that anyone should be able to access without legal, economic, or technological restrictions.
OAK collects and organizes metadata from domestic institutional repositories and archives domestic open-access academic journals. Its holdings include research articles, theses, conference papers, and grey literature submitted by participating universities, research institutes, and academic associations. The Korea Journal Copyright Information (KJCI) system, integrated with OAK, provides copyright policy information for domestic academic journal publishers, clarifying reuse conditions for users and researchers.
OAK is freely accessible online at oak.go.kr. Users can search by institution type, information type, and subject area, and can browse recent trends and news related to institutional repositories and open-access academic journals. The repository also distributes repository software to universities and research institutions across Korea to support green open access. OAK participates in international open-access networks including COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) and Creative Commons licensing frameworks.
OAK operates under the governance of the National Library of Korea and works in partnership with the Korea Research Foundation, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), and the Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies. It aims to build a cooperative ecosystem linking government, industry, universities, and research institutes to advance the open-access publishing paradigm in Korea.