open access and the art library
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A presentation given to my Art Librarianship class that summarized my research paper. It argues that open access is a key for the future of art scholarship. Art History as a discipline is attempting to become more global, but in order for their to be a global discourse scholarship needs to be available without pay-walls. I see the role of the librarian as that of facilitator, encourages art historians to make their work open access, and demonstrating how to find open access materials.TRANSCRIPT
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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