Researcher awareness and access to Open Access content through libraries
Researcher awareness and access to Open Access content through libraries
The study was carried out to examine what libraries are doing to promote Open Access to researchers and how effectively they are doing this. By means of questionnaire surveys of librarians and researchers and by focus group sessions we examined researchers’ awareness and knowledge of, and attitudes towards, Open Access, along with librarians’ views and experiences. In addition, a detailed examination of UK university library websites was undertaken to find out what information was available with respect to Open Access journals and how the institutional repository is being supported and promoted; and small sample of teaching department websites was examined to see what information was available about Open Access there.
Open access Institutional repositories Library websites
Swan, Alma
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2008
Swan, Alma
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Swan, Alma
(2008)
Researcher awareness and access to Open Access content through libraries
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The study was carried out to examine what libraries are doing to promote Open Access to researchers and how effectively they are doing this. By means of questionnaire surveys of librarians and researchers and by focus group sessions we examined researchers’ awareness and knowledge of, and attitudes towards, Open Access, along with librarians’ views and experiences. In addition, a detailed examination of UK university library websites was undertaken to find out what information was available with respect to Open Access journals and how the institutional repository is being supported and promoted; and small sample of teaching department websites was examined to see what information was available about Open Access there.
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Published date: 2008
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Open access Institutional repositories Library websites
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/267272
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Alma Swan
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