Role of Open Access e-repositories of Sri Lanka in the commercial e-repository environment

Arachchige, J J G Role of Open Access e-repositories of Sri Lanka in the commercial e-repository environment. National Library Review, 2018, vol. 03, n. 01/02, pp. 9-28. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Although information business in the world is dominated by commercial resource suppliers today, users of academic libraries expect free access to information they need. High subscription prices and various access restrictions of commercial e-repositories hinder the library’s effort to provide free information for their patrons. This issue is specially occurring in developing countries due to budgetary restrictions and unavailability of modern technology. In this circumstance, Open Access (OA) concept has been popular among scholarly communities and many institutions today have initiated OA e-repositories to serve the users under a sharing basis. This movement in Sri Lanka still seems in the developing stage and is getting more attention from users as well as librarians. Open Access e-repositories have a great role to play in order to save the user from hands of commercial profit oriented information providers and to serve the people with free access to information. Scholarly communities, librarians and funding agencies need to collaborate to make this process easy and successful. Poor content, lack of proper policies, and lack of awareness were found as barriers to this process.

English abstract

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Open Access E-Repositories Sri Lanka OA Commercial Information Environment
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources.
Depositing user: Mr. J.J.G. Arachchige
Date deposited: 28 Jan 2019 12:16
Last modified: 28 Jan 2019 12:16
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/33896

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