Open Access Literature In Libraries

Author : Karen Brunsting,Caitlin Harrington,Rachel E, Scott
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780838936757

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Open Access Literature in Libraries by Karen Brunsting,Caitlin Harrington,Rachel E, Scott Pdf

Open Access has evolved into the most complex challenge of the scholarly publishing landscape and something libraries grapple with on a regular basis. But although librarians hold increasingly positive perceptions about OA, including its richness of unique content and immediacy of access, many lack the understanding, training, documentation, and knowledge of best practices that would allow them to engage with it confidently. This book helps to fill that gap, using a holistic approach that walks readers through the steps of integrating OA resources into library collections and supporting OA initiatives irrespective of budget, institution type, collection size, and staffing. Explaining definitions and models of OA, types of OA support, the tensions between free-to-read and libre OA, and other key topics, from this book readers will learn the origins and growth of OA, how to define it, and some of the ways in which librarians have made connections to OA; where OA diverges from the historic role of library collection development policies and ways to bring OA into alignment with an institution's collection development principles and practices; real-world examples of how libraries have supported or integrated OA into their collections, including strategies for selecting and activating OA titles and collections for inclusion, offering open educational resources (OER) to students, samples of collection management workflows, and ideas for aligning collections with institutional repositories or other Green OA initiatives; guidance on financially supporting OA content, initiatives, and platforms; how OA publishing does and does not harmonize with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; and tips for using ongoing assessment and evaluation to continuously support the library’s path to an open future.

Author : Anthi Katsirikou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110253283

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Open Access to STM Information by Anthi Katsirikou Pdf

This book contains a plethora of different viewpoints and research results from all over the world, bringing them together to provide a global perspectiveon the various issues that comprise "open access". Topics include copyright, best practices and management, open access and society, repositories, journals, publications and publishing, services and technology, quality andevaluation. The book offers a holistic focus on open access and can serve as a useful learning tool for students and professionals.

Author : Laura Bowering Mullen
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781780630229

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Open Access and its Practical Impact on the Work of Academic Librarians by Laura Bowering Mullen Pdf

This book is aimed at the practicing academic librarian, especially those working on the ‘front lines’ of reference, instruction, collection development, and other capacities that involve dealing directly with library patrons in a time of changing scholarly communication paradigms. The book looks at open access from the perspective of a practicing academic librarian and challenges fellow librarians to continue the dialogue about how the movement might be affecting day-to-day library work and the future of academic libraries. Written by a practicing academic librarian with many years experience in reference, as well as in collection development and faculty liaison roles Written with the “front-line academic librarian in mind from a practical point of view Contains numerous references to refer the reader to many open access resources; includes extensive footnotes for further reading

Author : AI-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466643543

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Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries by AI-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser Pdf

While high quality library and information services continue to thrive and strengthen economic and social development, much of the knowledge that exists on user’s needs and behaviors is fundamentally based on the results of users in English-speaking, western developed countries. Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries highlights the struggles that developing countries face in terms of information gaps and information-seeking user behavior. The publication highlights ways in which users in developing countries can benefit from properly implementing LIS services. Researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in the design and delivery of information services will benefit from this collection of research.

Author : Dominic Farace,Joachim Schöpfel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783598441493

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Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies by Dominic Farace,Joachim Schöpfel Pdf

The further rise of electronic publishing has come to change the scale and diversity of grey literature facing librarians and other information practitioners. This compiled work brings together research and authorship over the past decade dealing with both the supply and demand sides of grey literature. While this book is written with students and instructors of Colleges and Schools of Library and Information Science in mind, it likewise serves as a reader for information professionals working in any and all like knowledge-based communities.

Author : Jesús Lau,Anna Maria Tammaro,Theo J. D. Bothma
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110263121

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Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge by Jesús Lau,Anna Maria Tammaro,Theo J. D. Bothma Pdf

This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different approaches to the vital role of libraries driving access to knowledge. There are chapters that offer solutions and ideas to enable libraries to become the knowledge engine in society. Other chapters discuss the conceptual part of the subject and related services. The book was compiled as part of the presidential theme of Ellen Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011, with the aim of offering the reader a good portrait of the opportunities and challenges that libraries have in driving access to knowledge.

Author : Jo Webb,Pat Gannon-Leary,Moira Bent
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781856045896

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Providing Effective Library Services for Research by Jo Webb,Pat Gannon-Leary,Moira Bent Pdf

Researchers rely on libraries to provide the information they need; equally, supporting research is a fundamental reason for libraries' existence. This book explores the crucial relationship between libraries and researchers, focusing on developing and managing effective library services to support research, and includes the authentic voices of researchers surveyed. This book will inform and advise all those who work with researchers in libraries, combining practical advice with an exploration of fundamental issues relating to the relationship between research and libraries. It is essential reading for all who work in academic and research libraries, and will be of particular value to newly qualified and practising liaison and research support librarians.

Author : Charles Wesley Bailey
Publisher : Charles W Bailey Jr
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781453780817

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Transforming Scholarly Publishing Through Open Access by Charles Wesley Bailey Pdf

Can scholarly journal articles and other scholarly works be made freely available on the Internet? The open access movement says "yes," and it is having a significant impact on scholarly publishing. There are two major open access strategies: (1) open access journals publish articles (typically peer-reviewed articles) that are free of charge and may be able to be reused under an open license (e.g., a Creative Commons license), and (2) self-archiving of digital e-prints (typically prepublication versions of articles) by authors in digital repositories, where they can be accessed free of charge and sometimes reused. Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography, which has over 1,100 references, provides in-depth coverage of published journal articles, books, and other works about the open access movement. Many references have links to freely available copies of included works.

Author : James Douglas Stewart,Olive E. Clarke,Henry Thomas Coutts,Alice Jones,William McGill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Library administration
ISBN : UCAL:$B242109

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Open Access Libraries by James Douglas Stewart,Olive E. Clarke,Henry Thomas Coutts,Alice Jones,William McGill Pdf

Author : Walt Crawford
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838992715

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Open Access by Walt Crawford Pdf

Academic libraries routinely struggle to afford access to expensive journals, and patrons may not be able to obtain every scholarly paper they need. Is Open Access (OA) the answer?

Author : Charles Wesley Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Communicating in learning and scholarship
ISBN : 1594076707

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Open Access Bibliography by Charles Wesley Bailey Pdf

Presents over 1,300 selected English-language books, conference papers (incl. some digital video presentations), debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles, technical reports, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding the open access movement's efforts to provide free access to and unfettered use of scholarly literature. Most sources published between 1999 and Aug. 31, 2004; a limited number of key sources published prior to 1999 also included. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet (approximately 78 percent of the bibliography's references have such links). The bibliography is conveniently organized into the following categories: General Works, Open Access Statements, Copyright Arrangements for Self-Archiving and Use, Open Access Journals, E-Prints, Disciplinary Archives, Institutional Archives and Repositories, Open Archives Initiative and OAI-PMH, Conventional Publisher Perspectives, Government Inquiries and Legislation, and Open Access Arrangements for Developing Countries. The publication also includes a concise overview of key concepts that are central to the open access movement.

Author : Christine Pawley,Louise S. Robbins
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299293239

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Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America by Christine Pawley,Louise S. Robbins Pdf

For well over one hundred years, libraries open to the public have played a crucial part in fostering in Americans the skills and habits of reading and writing, by routinely providing access to standard forms of print: informational genres such as newspapers, pamphlets, textbooks, and other reference books, and literary genres including poetry, plays, and novels. Public libraries continue to have an extraordinary impact; in the early twenty-first century, the American Library Association reports that there are more public library branches than McDonald's restaurants in the United States. Much has been written about libraries from professional and managerial points of view, but less so from the perspectives of those most intimately involved—patrons and librarians. Drawing on circulation records, patron reviews, and other archived materials, Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America underscores the evolving roles that libraries have played in the lives of American readers. Each essay in this collection examines a historical circumstance related to reading in libraries. The essays are organized in sections on methods of researching the history of reading in libraries; immigrants and localities; censorship issues; and the role of libraries in providing access to alternative, nonmainstream publications. The volume shows public libraries as living spaces where individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds, needs, and desires encountered and used a great variety of texts, images, and other media throughout the twentieth century.

Author : Arthur Elmore Bostwick
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721960600

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A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur Elmore Bostwick Pdf

A Librarian's Open Shelf Arthur Elmore Bostwick Those who are interested in the proper use of our libraries are asking continually, "What do readers read?" and the tables of class-percentages in the annual reports of those institutions show that librarians are at least making an attempt to satisfy these queries. But a question that is still more fundamental and quite as vital is: Do readers read at all? This is not a paradox, but a common-sense question, as the following suggestive little incident will show. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Anup Kumar Das
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Digital libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112096222739

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Open Access to Knowledge and Information by Anup Kumar Das Pdf

Author : Joyce McIntosh
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466562028

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Library and Information Science by Joyce McIntosh Pdf

Library and Information Science: Parameters and Perspectives focuses on how libraries function today, covering the most significant aspects of the field. The book includes chapters on the digitization of library materials, how technology has changed the role of libraries and librarians, Google’s book and information applications, library user fees, customer service in the library, teaching information literacy and research skills, and more. Readers receive a broad understanding of the roles and functions of libraries and librarians today.