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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

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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

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History (continued)

• Commercial electronic journals and the Big Deal
• SPARC
• OAI
• Budapest Open Access Initiative
• Public Library of Science and BioMed Central

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History (last slide)

• green and gold open access
• Peter Suber
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• DOAJ Index
• Governments taking notice

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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

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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

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Q A
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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

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The End

• Eric Lease Morgan
• University Libraries of Notre Dame
• emorgan_at_nd.edu