The ARL Collections & Access Issues Task Force presents its report, Collections & Access for the 21st-Century Scholar: Changing Roles of Research Libraries, in the December issue of the ARL Bimonthly Report. Excerpt: "Libraries are...supporting open access projects that experiment with alternatives to the current subscription-based funding model or the current journals-based publishing model for scholarly communication. These approaches are seen as those of a good citizen, especially in an institution whose needs for funding include many urgent priorities in addition to library needs. These libraries are investing in initiatives that may help solve the long-term problem of high prices for journals."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/06/2003 02:34:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
