Ann Okerson on institutional archives
Friends:
"Ann Okerson weighs the pros and cons of OA for US research libraries,
noting that institutional repositories are likely to be expensive, and
their focus in the U.S. is likely to be on locally produced scholarly
materials other than articles. Consequently: "It is unlikely that
under this kind of scenario in the US, scattered local versions of STM
articles would compete effectively with the completeness or the value
that the publishing community adds." She also suggests that library
cost savings resulting from OA journals are "unlikely, unless
substantial production cost reductions can be realised by many
categories of publisher." - in Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community 18(1)(2005).
Why does Ann Okerson, a respected and knowledgeable US academic librarian, think that institutional repositories will be expensive? What are the facts? Will leading institutions that have set up institutional archives tell her and others how much does it cost to set up archives and run them.
Arun
Received on Sat Mar 26 2005 - 03:58:13 GMT
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