The costumes of the researchers of Social Sciences and Humanities, “epistemic culture” as Cronin calls it (2005), present a wide range of possibilities to develop scientific publications that go from monographies to cultural texts. But these forms can be easily confused with other publications becoming difficult to find and access them in the web. In this article, open access is presented as a solution to solve the problem of visibility and accessibility of the mentioned types of publications. Some examples of experiences on this topic as well as the possibilities to implement them in the University of Costa Rica are used to support the proposal. It is concluded that open access is the only way to multiply the generation of knowledge on cultural diversity and regional studies.

Open access; Universidad de Costa Rica; open access repositories; use of information technologies; scholar journal portals; regional studies