Challenge of Ukrainian academic librarians in an evolving scholarly publishing landscape

Nazarovets, Serhii and Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A. and Nazarovets, Maryna Challenge of Ukrainian academic librarians in an evolving scholarly publishing landscape. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2019, vol. 45, n. 1, pp. 9-14. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Faced with a prolonged economic crisis, Ukrainian research institutes are under pressure as a direct result of limited funding. This has also had a direct negative impact on the functionality of librarians who have seen increasing limitations to acquisitions. Despite economic difficulties, Ukrainian academic librarians are trying to offer their end-users specialized services that involve active librarian mediation in the preparation and dissemination of the results of these users' scientific work. One notable function is to offer aid to users on how to detect pseudo-scientific journals. In this paper, based on a survey of librarians from leading Ukrainian universities, we studied for the first time, the main information resources and tools used by Ukrainian experts to test the validity of scientific journals so that they may be recommended to library users as reliable channels for disseminating research results. These are tools and resources include Scopus, Web of Science, Beall's blacklists, the DOAJ, Think. Check. Submit., and the Norwegian Register. We describe the benefits and limitations that Ukrainian academic librarians may encounter when each of these resources is used. Modern reformation to Ukrainian science has opened up new opportunities for Ukrainian academic librarians. As a result, if they are able to successfully implement such services, they can regain a prominent place in the scientific life of institutions and on the global academic platform.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Ukrainian academic librarians; Academic libraries; Predatory journals; Scholarly publishing; Library services
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BF. Information policy
C. Users, literacy and reading. > CD. User training, promotion, activities, education.
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
Depositing user: Serhii Nazarovets
Date deposited: 20 Jan 2019 13:03
Last modified: 20 Jan 2019 13:03
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/33895

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