Open access (infrastructure)

Okay kiddo, so you know how sometimes when you want to read a book or a research paper, you have to pay some money or be a member of a fancy club to do it? Well, open access is like a magic spell that makes these things available to everyone for free!

It works like this: when scientists or researchers write something really smart and interesting, they usually publish it in something called a journal. But sometimes these journals charge people for access to the articles inside.

With open access, people make sure that the articles in these journals are free to read and use by anyone. This is really cool because it means that people who can't afford to pay or don't belong to fancy clubs can still learn from and use this important information.

Now, the infrastructure part is like making sure that this magic spell works. It's like building the roads and bridges that let you travel to cool places. In this case, the infrastructure is the technology and systems that make open access possible. It's made up of things like websites, databases, and software that let you search for and find articles that have been made free.

So basically, open access infrastructure is the stuff that helps make sure that people all over the world can read and use really smart and important research without having to pay money they might not have. Pretty cool, right?