Open access barriers: An action research

ICT has provided the infrastructure to enable easy access to scientific information. Despite this, libraries are suffering from the rising of journal subscriptions. Additionally, the structure of scholarly publications is creating a wasteful situation where publicly funded research is being paid for...

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Published in8th International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8),Pretoria, South Africa,2008-09-25 - 2008-09-26 Vol. 282; pp. 335 - 348
Main Author Klang, Mathias
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA Springer US 2008
SeriesIFIP International Federation for Information Processing
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action research
Biblioteks-och informationsvetenskap
Information Studies
Institutional Repository
Legal Department
Media and Communications
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
Open Access
Open Access Journal
Samhällsvetenskap
scholarly publication
Scientific Research Output
Social Sciences
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Summary:ICT has provided the infrastructure to enable easy access to scientific information. Despite this, libraries are suffering from the rising of journal subscriptions. Additionally, the structure of scholarly publications is creating a wasteful situation where publicly funded research is being paid for several times over. University libraries are struggling to deal with these new realities at the same time as they provide a level of service with acceptable access to publications. The work of librarians is being heavily affected by the influence of copyright and licensing which together are creating barriers to open access. The work in this chapter draws from an action research in progress undertaken by Lund’s University in order to explore the barriers to open access to scientific research output in Sweden. Keywords: Open access, action research, scholarly publication
ISBN:9780387848211
0387848215
ISSN:1571-5736
DOI:10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_23