Defines scholarly publishing and Open Access (OA) resources. It explains the importance and methods of scholarly publishing. Discusses the traditional methods of scholarly publishing and their limitations in advancement and spreading of knowledge. Presents the current trend in publishing in open access by the scholarly community. Argues that the publishers and database vendors interests are detrimental to the universally acclaimed ideal of ‘Information for All’ or ‘Universal Access to Information / knowledge’. States that Internet and WWW have thrown up new avenues and new genres of scholarly publishing. The primary objective of the paper is to bring awareness among scholarly community and library & information professionals on the proliferation and availability of open access resources and to sensitize and promote the use of OA resources and publishing in OA by the scholarly community. The study follows descriptive and analytical methods. Discusses the dangerous trend of emergence of predatory O A journals which the scientific community and scholars have to be wary. Presents the current trends in publishing of O A Journals, their access and reachability to wider sections of information seekers, researchers, faculty and scientific community leading to the advancement of knowledge and innovation and also fulfilling the democratic norm of Information For All. Concludes that publishing in open access is fast picking and India stands one among the top five OA publishing countries. Open access journals and social media are the major sources of scholarly publishing and also viable and alternate method of scholarly publishing, in the present times. 

Keywords: Open Access Publishing; Scholarly Publishing Trends; Open Access Journals; Open Access Movement; Open Access Publishing Trends; Open Access Resources and Universal Access to Information.