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<DIV>Dear Elsabe</DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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!</DIV>
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<DIV>Allison</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri>Allison Fullard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri>Deputy Director: Library Services<BR>University of the Western Cape</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri><A href="http://www.uwc.ac.za/library">http://www.uwc.ac.za/library</A> <BR></DIV></FONT>>>> "Elsabe Olivier" <Elsabe.Olivier@up.ac.za> 2012/10/26 09:20 AM >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Dear Colleagues</DIV>
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<DIV>Interesting report on Open access and its impact on the role of academic libraries attached:</DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'HelveticaNeueLTStd-Bd','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeueLTStd-Bd"><FONT face="Segoe UI"><FONT size=2><STRONG>The role of libraries</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman"><FONT face=Calibri>• </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Open access will reduce the importance of libraries developing institutional collections but key </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">librarian skills will still be required<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• External discovery systems may be favoured over the library catalogue<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Libraries are well placed to – and in many cases already do – manage institutional repositories<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Managing metadata will be very important for good discoverability of open access resources<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Functions such as metadata management and preservation are likely to be done on a web scale </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">rather than on an institutional level<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Individual library value will be judged on quality of provision rather than on breadth of collection; </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">value will also be added by digitizing and making available unique collections<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Libraries will increasingly need to work together and share functions and services<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Attention will shift from the library to the librarian: ‘the information professional is the library </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">of the future.’<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG>Suggested actions<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Academic libraries need to evolve to continue to meet the changing needs of their users. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Libraries will need to look for ways to work together; greater dialogue is needed between libraries </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">about strategies for dealing with open access and best practices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• Clear communication of open access, its benefits, processes and implications is needed </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">for researchers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• A review should be taken exploring attitudes towards the role of institutional collections as more </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">content is available as OA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">• As with all publishing models, open access carries both benefits and costs. The group believes </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">that good policy outcomes will only result if those involved in the marketplace are willing to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">acknowledge and evaluate both and calls upon those involved to maintain open dialogue on </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">open access<o:p></o:p></SPAN>.</P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal>Regards</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal>Elsabé</P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#00006f><STRONG><EM>Elsabe Olivier</EM></STRONG></FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Manager: Open Scholarship</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>NDLTD Board Member</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Department Library Services</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>University of Pretoria</FONT></DIV>
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