Open Access Literature in Libraries: Principles and Practices

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978-0-8389-3954-3
Published: 
2022
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Core
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144
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6"
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Softcover
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A, I, TS
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Opening libraries to the exciting possibilities of Open Access, this book outlines both its strategic and practical aspects, showing librarians how to understand and support OA regardless of their organizational context or resources.

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.

Preface: Why We Could Not Write a Book on Open Access Policies

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Open Access in Library Collections


Chapter 1: Collection Development Policies and Open Access

Chapter 2: Open Access and Library Collections: Current Practices

Chapter 3: Open Access Principles

Chapter 4: Open Access Practices

Chapter 5: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Access Publishing

Chapter 6: Responding with Agility to Open Access Change


Conclusion: Let This End Be Your Beginning

Appendix: Recommended Reading

About the Authors

Index

Karen Brunsting

Karen Brunsting is the acquisitions and collection development librarian at the University Libraries, University of Memphis. She is also the librarian for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; an MLIS from the University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences; and an MBA from Christian Brothers University. Her current research includes collection development practices and open access literature.

Caitlin Harrington

Caitlin Harrington is the head of information access services and the electronic resources librarian at the University Libraries, University of Memphis. She has master’s degrees in library and information science and instructional design and technology. Her research interests include open access publishing, information privilege, and open educational resources.

Rachel E. Scott

Rachel E. Scott is the associate dean for information assets at Illinois State University’s Milner Library, where she oversees the library’s access and technical services, collection development, scholarly communication initiatives, and cultural heritage activities. Scott recently completed a PhD in historical musicology and conducts research at the intersections of information literacy, library collections and their discovery, music bibliography, and scholarly communication.

Core

The former Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) are now Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a new division of ALA. Its mission is to cultivate and amplify the collective expertise of library workers in core functions through community building, advocacy, and learning.

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