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The Adoption of Open Access Funds Among Canadian Academic Research Libraries, 2008-2012.
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Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice & Research . 2014, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p1-14. 14p. 1 Chart, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- As a result of changes in scholarly communication created by the open access movement, some academic libraries established open access (OA) publishing funds. OA funds are monies set aside at an institution to fund open access publishing of the results of scholarly research. OA funds are a recent innovation in the type of services offered by academic libraries. Adoption of an innovation can be examined in the light of established theories of innovation adoption among social systems. To examine academic libraries’ responses to OA publishing charges, this article explores the adoption of OA funds among Canadian academic research libraries from 2008 to 2012 by analyzing results from a series of previously published surveys. The findings are then examined in light of Everett Rogers’ Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) to consider the question of whether or not OA funds are becoming a standard service in Canadian academic research institutions. Adoption in Canada is briefly compared to that in the United States and United Kingdom. The paper concludes that, as of 2012, OA funds were becoming common but were not a standard service in Canadian academic research libraries and that libraries were actively participating in the development of OA funding models. Given the current Canadian context, the need of researchers for OA publishing support is likely to create pressure for continued adoption of OA funds among Canadian academic research institutions. However, assessment of existing OA funds is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19119593
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice & Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101846018
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v9i2.3115