open access and the art library

OPEN ACCESS & THE ART LIBRARY  

What's an art librarian to do?

What is Open Access?There are two basic flavors

Open Access Journals Institutional & Subject Repositories

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Why does Art History need open access?

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Open Access is a global phenomenon, and is accessible worldwide_____________________________________________________

That's great, but where do librarians fit in?_____________________________________________________

Open Access is hard to find, if you don't know where to look

What about BHA, Art Index, or Art-Bibliographies Modern?

Not so much.

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Institutional Repositories take work, need love to grow

• Created and maintained by Libraries • Ideally filled with content by faculty • Is this happening? Somewhat.

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The End!

Open Access Resources:    DOAJ • Directory of Open Access Journals - doaj.org    OpenDOAR • Directory of Open Access Repositories - opendoar.org    OASIS • Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook www.openoasis.org    BOAI• Budapest Open Access Initiative www.soros.org/openaccess/index.shtml    SPARC • Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition www.arl.org/sparc/

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