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Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication: Policy and Infrastructure
Kevin L. Smith
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Description for Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication: Policy and Infrastructure
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This volume of Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library looks closely at issues of policy and infrastructure for libraries that wish to provide leadership on their campus in the transition to more open forms of scholarship. The authors discuss how to make the case for open access on campus, as well as the political and policy implications of libraries that themselves want to become publishing entities.
This volume of Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library looks closely at issues of policy and infrastructure for libraries that wish to provide leadership on their campus in the transition to more open forms of scholarship. The authors discuss how to make the case for open access on campus, as well as the political and policy implications of libraries that themselves want to become publishing entities.
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442273016
SKU
V9781442273016
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About Kevin L. Smith
Kevin L. Smith is the Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas, and was previously the Director of Copyright & Scholarly Communications at Duke University. A lawyer as well as a librarian, Kevin has spent a decade advising university students, faculty, and staff about copyright, licensing and scholarly publishing. He is a prolific writer on these topics, ... Read more
Reviews for Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication: Policy and Infrastructure
Librarians-particularly those with scholarly communications in their title or responsibilities- will benefit from this entire volume but certain chapters resonate with a broader audience. This is especially true of chapters in the advocacy section.... The chapters in the publisher section include case studies of two publisher models in academic institutions are useful, but the chapters on how open access applies ... Read more