Year: 2007
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Open Access (OA) systems for scholarly communication have made impressive strides in recent years.Several studies now clearly document that self-archiving and open access publication enhances uptake and citation rates [Hajjem et. al. 2005].Researchers therefore enhance their reputation and stature by opening up their scholarship.Mounting pressure for greater public access also comes from public backers of research.Granting foundations and government agencies interested in maximizing the return on their basic research investment often encourage and increasingly require some form of open access electronic dissemination.In the United States, the "Federal Research Public Access Act," would require OA for drafts of papers that pass peer review and result from federally funded research [Library of Congress 2006].The bill would create government-funded digital repositories that would host and maintain these draft papers.The European Union is even further down the OA road, with the European Commission aggressively moving forward with the development of OA policies [Van Orsdel & Born 2007;Harnand 2007].University libraries are some of the most vocal advocates for OA research.Current publishing frameworks have seen dramatically escalated costs, sometimes four times higher than the general rate of inflation [Createchange.org2003].Increasing costs have forced many libraries to cancel subscriptions and thereby hurt access and scholarship [ACRL 2003, Suber 2004]
Author: Eric Kansa
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W358359886