Access two full-text chapters from a new book, Scholarly Communication for Librarians (in process) from Chandos. Both chapters available here were written by Heather Morrison.
In-depth overview of open access, covering definitions (open access publishing, open access archives, gratis and libre, open access works versus open access processes), major statements and declarations, types of open access, major initiatives, trends, advocacy and lobbying.
+ Summary and Conclusions. Final Chapter of Scholarly Communication for Librarians (15 pages; PDF)
Summary and Conclusions of Scholarly Communication for Librarians, a book designed to provide librarians at all levels with the basics of how scholarly communication works, an understanding of the academic library as an essential support for scholarly communication, the impact of the decisions librarians make, and emerging roles for libraries and librarians in scholarly communication. Includes major points from all chapters, on: scholarship, scholarly journals, the scholarly publishing industry, librarianship and scholarly communication, author’s rights, open access, the economics of scholarly communication, and emerging trends.
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