Open access and libraries

Eric Lease Morgan

University Libraries of Notre Dame

October 25, 2004

History Librarianship Open access and

open source Q & A Discussion

History, a personal perspective

Journal of Anesthesiology ARL Collection Analysis Project Stevan Harnad Psycoloquy, PACS Review, Bryn Mawr

Classical Review, Postmodern Culture, etc.

Mr. Serials World Wide Web

History (continued)

Commercial electronic journals and the Big Deal

SPARC OAI Budapest Open Access Initiative Public Library of Science and BioMed

Central

History (last slide)

“green” and “gold” open access Peter Suber Directory of Open Access Journals

(DOAJ) DOAJ Index Governments taking notice

Open access and librarianship

Building relationships Collecting open access titles Organizing open access titles Archiving open access titles Preserving open access titles Providing access to open access titles

Open access and open source software

Both are “free as a free kitten” Both of their deliverables are “public

goods” Both require a set of new and different

skills Both rely on peer-review

Q & A

Discussion: What can we do?

COAPP with the issue Evangelize Prioritize the development of new skills Implement LOCKSS Implement institutional repository Build relationships and trust

The End

Eric Lease Morgan

University Libraries of Notre Dame

emorgan@nd.edu