Opening up the Library

Transforming our Policies, Practices and Structures

Authors

  • Joanna Ball Royal Danish Library, DK
  • Graham Stone JiscGB
  • Sarah Thompson University of York, GB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10360

Keywords:

cultural change, libraries, monographs, e-books, Open access

Abstract

Momentum is building in the transition to open access for monographs, with a number of funders developing policies and mandates in recent years. The article argues that while libraries play an instrumental role in driving a transition to open science within their institutions this is not reflected in libraries’ approaches to collection development, which are still predicated on purchased content. Libraries are keen to demonstrate that their purchased content is relevant to users, often promoting ‘expensive’ purchased collections over open content. Rather than relegating open to a less-visible second place, the article calls for libraries to acquire and promote open content alongside, and where appropriate with higher priority, than paid-for content. In order to facilitate a transition to open access for monographs, cultural change and leadership is required within libraries to reimagine themselves around open content as the norm, with policies, practices and structures that communicate, enable and promote this shift. The article calls for a collaborative international approach.

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Published

2021-02-05

How to Cite

Ball, J., Stone, G., & Thompson, S. (2021). Opening up the Library: Transforming our Policies, Practices and Structures. LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries, 31(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10360

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Received 2021-06-30
Published 2021-02-05
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