Open access and libraries Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame October 25, 2004 History Librarianship Open access and open source Q & A Discussion
History, a personal perspective Journal of Anesthesiology ARL Collection Analysis Project Stevan Harnad Psycoloquy, PACS Review, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Postmodern Culture, etc. Mr. Serials World Wide Web
History (continued) Commercial electronic journals and the Big Deal SPARC OAI Budapest Open Access Initiative Public Library of Science and BioMed Central
History (last slide) “green” and “gold” open access Peter Suber Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) DOAJ Index Governments taking notice
Open access and librarianship Building relationships Collecting open access titles Organizing open access titles Archiving open access titles Preserving open access titles Providing access to open access titles
Open access and open source software Both are “free as a free kitten” Both of their deliverables are “public goods” Both require a set of new and different skills Both rely on peer-review
Q & A
Discussion: What can we do? COAPP with the issue Evangelize Prioritize the development of new skills Implement LOCKSS Implement institutional repository Build relationships and trust
The End Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame