Open Access is Here to Stay: DATE: Monday, May 19, 2014 EVENT: VLAPF Conference LOCATION: Richmond, VA PRESENTERS: Kay Buchanan – Carole Lohman - Implications and Strategies for All Library Communities

The Thomas Jefferson Quote “…ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition…” - TJ

OPEN ACCESS EXPLAINED By Piled Higher and Deeper Comics

Evolution of Access to Scholarly Materials

Internet and electronic access to formerly only print materials AND WE ONLY WANT ELECTRONIC VERSIONS “WE ONLY WANT ELECTRONIC…”

UP WENT PRICES OF SUBSCRIPTIONS

SUBSCRIPTIONS WERE BUNDLED

UP WENT PRICES OF SUBSCRIPTIONS

WHY DOES PUBLICATION DISSEMINATION TAKE SO LONG?

Who is paying for the research? Who is paying for access to the research?

Options: Green or Gold OA

GREEN OPEN ACCESS Author puts a copy of his manuscript, (journal article, book chapter, book, data set, etc.) in a repository. A reader accesses that manuscript full text for FREE.

GOLD OPEN ACCESS A reader accesses the article full text without charge because the author paid the article processing fee to make it OA. OR The reader accesses the article full text because his institution’s has paid a subscription fee. Author a submits a copy of his article (journal article, book, book chapter, data set, etc.) to a publisher.

BEST PRACTICES

EDUCATE, ADVOCATE

TOOLS FOR FINDING OA MATERIALS: REPOSITORIES Click on images To connect.

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES GREEN

FUNDING AUTHORS

LIBRARIES AS PUBLISHERS

IMPLICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES IMPLICATIONS

TOOLS FOR FINDING OA MATERIALS: REPOSITORIES Click on images To connect.

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT C

MONEY MATTERS

COLLABORATION

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