Librarians and Academic Libraries' Role in Promoting Open Access: What Needs to Change?
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| Title: | Librarians and Academic Libraries' Role in Promoting Open Access: What Needs to Change? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Shlomit Hadad (ORCID |
| Source: | College & Research Libraries. 2024 85(4):464-478. |
| Availability: | Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. e-mail: acrl@ala.org; Web site: http://crl.acrl.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Access to Information, Library Policy, Library Role, Library Services, Costs, Barriers, Publications |
| Geographic Terms: | Israel |
| DOI: | 10.5860/crl.85.4.464 |
| ISSN: | 0010-0870 2150-6701 |
| Abstract: | Profound changes due to Open-Access (OA) publications lead to organizational changes in universities and libraries. This study examines Israeli librarians' perceptions regarding their role and the academic library's role in promoting OA-publications, including the barriers, challenges, needs, and requirements necessary to promote OA publishing. Lack of a budget for OA-agreements, no cooperation from university management, and researchers' unfamiliarity with OA were among the most prominent barriers. Librarians see great importance in their role of advising researchers regarding OA. However, they insist on a regulated OA-policy at the national and institutional levels to strengthen their status as change-leaders of the OA-movement. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1423985 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Profound changes due to Open-Access (OA) publications lead to organizational changes in universities and libraries. This study examines Israeli librarians' perceptions regarding their role and the academic library's role in promoting OA-publications, including the barriers, challenges, needs, and requirements necessary to promote OA publishing. Lack of a budget for OA-agreements, no cooperation from university management, and researchers' unfamiliarity with OA were among the most prominent barriers. Librarians see great importance in their role of advising researchers regarding OA. However, they insist on a regulated OA-policy at the national and institutional levels to strengthen their status as change-leaders of the OA-movement. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-0870 2150-6701 |
| DOI: | 10.5860/crl.85.4.464 |
