The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing: Open Access to the Rescue?

Oren, Gale A.

doi:10.1097/wno.0b013e3181678618

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“…Therefore, it enjoys a wider audience enforced by authors' expanded participation and distribution of their work to a more diverse audience (Albert, 2006). In this regard, the public benefits from having access to the best and most up‐to‐date information available, including medical research and scientific discoveries, with studies showing a correlation between OA publication and increase in citation‐count ranging between 50 and 250 percent (Oren, 2008). OA initiatives acknowledge the public's right to access the findings of research that is paid for by their taxes, for example, many major publicly‐funded granting agencies, including the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the National Research Council have adopted OA policies requiring that the results of funded research be made freely available in an OA repository (Young, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

An assessment of the status of open access resources in Kenyan university libraries

Wasike¹

2013

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the use of open access (OA) resources in Kenyan university libraries with the gist of the discussions being the status of the universities in the implementation of OA, usefulness, challenges and recommendations.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed descriptive research by engaging respondents in formal interviews and brief discussions. It also reviewed existing related literature on OA resources with specific reference to four university libraries in Kenya.FindingsKenya as a developing country is still at the intermediate stage of embracing OA. The university libraries are among the forefront institutions helping in the adoption of OA for research, empowerment, education and information. However, compared to other universities in Africa, Kenyan universities are far many steps ahead in embracing OA.Research limitations/implicationsThe study limited itself to descriptive survey supported by face to face interviews, informal discussions and literature. This may not give 100 percentage accurate results for the study. However, the triangulation of the instruments were sufficient enough to have credible study findings.Practical implicationsOA to information is not a simple technological issue. It raises issues of information policies, such as availability, reliability, infrastructure, technical knowledge, legal barriers and production/creation. As the Kenyan Government enhances its efforts in going digital, universities and especially the libraries have become key stakeholders in the arranging and availing of this information through OA. It is therefore important to review the gains made and the challenges encountered by Kenyan university libraries in as far as OA is concerned.Originality/valueThis paper discusses OA status in university libraries in Kenya, which is a new development in the information cycles in Africa.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%