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The Development of Resource Sharing, Scholarly Communication, and the Role of Publishers in the Context of Academic Libraries

Kristof, Cindy

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Title
The Development of Resource Sharing, Scholarly Communication, and the Role of Publishers in the Context of Academic Libraries
Author(s)
Kristof, Cindy
Issue Date
2018
Keyword(s)
  • Academic libraries
  • Scholarly publishing
  • Scholarly communication
  • Resource sharing
Abstract
"Both commercial and noncommercial publishing have impacted interlibrary loan and other types of resource sharing, such as patrondriven systems, in a variety of ways. Interlibrary loan has always been a concern of publishers, with the possibility libraries would copy in ""such aggregate quantities as to substitute for a subscription to or purchase"" of a work (CONTU 1978). Exceptions and limits have been in place in the law and as guidelines for library copying for patrons and interlibrary loan since 1978. However, over the past five decades or so, as traditional print publications, electronic ""Big Deals,"" licensing, and permissions have become increasingly unsustainable for library budgets, the open access (OA) movement has gained acceptance and has influenced resource sharing as well. OA materials are being used to fulfill resource-sharing requests, and researcher behavior may bypass traditional means of resource sharing altogether for greater speed and ease of access. Traditional publishing has found itself at a crossroads with the need to adapt as researchers increasingly accept new models of scholarly communication. There are plenty of moving parts in resource sharing today, and these are explored herein."
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press. The School of Information Sciences at Illinois. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 67 (2). Fall 2018
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/102339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2018.0043
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Copyright 2018 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 67 (2) Fall 2018: The Role and Impact of Commercial and Noncommercial Publishers in Scholarly Publishing on Academic Libraries PRIMARY
Library Trends 67 (2) Fall 2018: The Role and Impact of Commercial and Noncommercial Publishers in Scholarly Publishing on Academic Libraries. Edited by Lewis G. Liu