<div dir="ltr">Rebecca Kennison and Sarah Shreeves argued last year in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication that shifting the primary purpose of the IR from green open access to the provision of persistent and reliable access to the full range and diversity of scholarly output of a research institution can mean a “vibrant, well used, and well understood system.” <b><font color="#ff0000"> Usage statistics confirm that the global audience visiting Academic Commons is interested in student work.</font></b><div>
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