Rethinking collections - Libraries and librarians in an open age: A theoretical view

Authors

  • Heather Morrison

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v12i10.1965

Abstract

Open access, one of the most important of the potentials unleashed by the combination of the electronic medium and the World Wide Web, is already much more substantial in extent that most of us realize. More than 10 percent of the world's scholarly peer-reviewed journals are fully open access; this does not take into account the many journals offering hybrid open choice, free back access, or allowing authors to self-archive their works. Scientific Commons includes more than 16 million publications, nearly twice as much content as Science Direct. Meanwhile, even as we continue to focus on the scholarly peer-reviewed journal article, other potentials of the new technology are beginning to appear, such as open data and scholarly blogging. This paper examines the library collection of the near and medium future, suggests that libraries and librarians are in a key position to lead in the transition to an open age, and provides specific suggestions to aid in the transition.

Author Biography

Heather Morrison

Heather Morrison is responsible for the Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics at http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com. E?mail: heatherm [at] eln [dot] bc [dot] ca

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Published

2007-10-01

How to Cite

Morrison, H. (2007). Rethinking collections - Libraries and librarians in an open age: A theoretical view. First Monday, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v12i10.1965