"Free to All": Library Publishing and the Challenge of Open Access

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2014-03
Author
Vandegrift, Micah
Bolick, Josh
Publisher
Pacific University (Oregon)
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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© 2014 by the author(s). This open access article is distributed under a CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, providing the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract
There is a significant and important responsibility as libraries move into the role of publishing to retain our heritage of “access for all.” Connecting and collaborating with colleagues in the publishing industry is essential, but should come with the understanding that the library as an organization is access-prone. This article discusses the complexities of navigating that relationship, and calls for libraries and publishers to embrace and respect the position from which we begin. Finally, the article forecasts several possible characteristics of what “publishing” might look like if libraries press the principle of access in this growing area.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19764
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1181
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Vandegrift, M, Bolick, J. (2014). "Free to All": Library Publishing and the Challenge of Open Access. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 2(4):eP1181. http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1181

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© 2014 by the author(s). This open access article is distributed under a CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, providing the original author and source are credited.
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