There are many benefits to publishing Open Access for researchers and for the greater public. But how do libraries support Open Access publishing? And what Open Access initiatives benefit authors and readers
most?
HSLIC researchers conducted an two-phase study to gather data on how our peer libraries are supporting open access. The first phase was a survey of library directors and librarians to find out how their libraries currently support OA initiatives, as well as the challenges they've experienced and their plans for the future. The second phase was a web review, to find out what we could learn about how our peer institutions are participating in OA initiatives--including transformative agreements, subscribe to open, APC assistance, and open access policies--from the information on their public websites.
Robyn Gleasner, Laura Hall, and Danielle Maurici-Pollock presented preliminary results from both phases of the study on Monday, October 21 as part of Open Access Week. They were joined George Machovec, Executive Director of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, who presented on the challenges and opportunities for participating in open access at the consortial level, focusing the challenges of implementing consortial transformative agreements.
You can watch both presentations here.
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