[Irtalk] Open Access and its impact on the future of the university librarian

[Hilton Gibson]

Basically, ask yourself, do you "trust" a report sponsored by SAGE?

On 26 October 2012 11:09, Allison Fullard <afullard at uwc.ac.za> wrote:

>  Dear Elsabe
> At the very moment that you sent this email, the UWC Librarians were
> discussing this report during the monthly Reading Club!  Thanks for
> highlighting the aspects that are relevant for all libraries.  The report
> presents the outcomes of a discussion on the impact of Open Access, held at
> British Library by a number of prominent UK librarians with one or two from
> US and one from Middle East.
>
> The policy climate in UK must be quite disconcerting and we can understand
> how the Finch Report and the revised RCUK policy are driving the need to
> better understand the changing environment for UK libraries, specifically
> in the sense that these policies focus on gold OA while downplaying green
> OA.
>
> For this reason the Report seems to emphasise gold OA and specifically the
> budgets for article processing charges and features debate about who
> may manage these resources and the consequences for libraries.  We note
> that Sage was sponsoring and co-organiser of the meeting.  For me, I had a
> sense that there was rather an uncritical acceptance that publishers shall
> sustain their current levels of income with the result that workflows (and
> hierarchies) at universities are rearranged to maintain status quo in the
> publishing enterprise!
>
> Regards
> Allison
>
>
>
>  Allison Fullard
> Deputy Director: Library Services
> University of the Western Cape
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> >>> "Elsabe Olivier" <Elsabe.Olivier at up.ac.za> 2012/10/26 09:20 AM >>>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> Interesting report on Open access and its impact on the role of academic
> libraries attached:
>
>
> *The role of libraries*
>
> • Open access will reduce the importance of libraries developing
> institutional collections but key librarian skills will still be required*
> ***
>
> • External discovery systems may be favoured over the library catalogue***
> *
>
> • Libraries are well placed to – and in many cases already do – manage
> institutional repositories****
>
> • Managing metadata will be very important for good discoverability of
> open access resources****
>
> • Functions such as metadata management and preservation are likely to be
> done on a web scale rather than on an institutional level****
>
> • Individual library value will be judged on quality of provision rather
> than on breadth of collection; value will also be added by digitizing and
> making available unique collections****
>
> • Libraries will increasingly need to work together and share functions
> and services****
>
> • Attention will shift from the library to the librarian: ‘the information
> professional is the library of the future.’****
>
> ** **
>
> *Suggested actions*
>
> • Academic libraries need to evolve to continue to meet the changing needs
> of their users. Libraries will need to look for ways to work together;
> greater dialogue is needed between libraries about strategies for dealing
> with open access and best practices****
>
> • Clear communication of open access, its benefits, processes and
> implications is needed for researchers****
>
> • A review should be taken exploring attitudes towards the role of
> institutional collections as more content is available as OA****
>
> • As with all publishing models, open access carries both benefits and
> costs. The group believes that good policy outcomes will only result if
> those involved in the marketplace are willing to acknowledge and evaluate
> both and calls upon those involved to maintain open dialogue on open
> access****.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Elsabé
>
>
> *Elsabe Olivier*
> Manager: Open Scholarship
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