Opening Access to Scholarly Research

Colenbrander, Hilde and Morrison, Heather and Waller, Andrew (2005) Opening Access to Scholarly Research. Delivered at British Columbia Library Association Conference 2005, Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada). Presentation.

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Abstract

This presentation provides a basic description of open access and a very brief description of the crisis in scholarly communications which created the need for expanded access. Open access initiatives in western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta) are discussed, including institutional repository developments, the Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems, and digitization projects of academic, public, and special libraries.

Keywords:	open access, scholarly communications, institutional repositories, Open Journal Systems, Public Knowledge Project, British Columbia, Alberta, digitization
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information. > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
ID Code:	5367
Deposited By:	Morrison, Heather G
Deposited On:	10 January 2006
Alternative Locations:	http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/259
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