Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries

Fuente: ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pelizzari, Eugenio
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1867180964011048960
author Pelizzari, Eugenio
author_facet Pelizzari, Eugenio
Pelizzari, Eugenio
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries Pelizzari, Eugenio Academic Libraries Archives Electronic Libraries Electronic Publishing Library Automation Library Development Metadata Barriers Access to Information Information Storage Information Management Library Role The scholarly communication system is in a critical stage, due to a number of factors. The Open Access movement is perhaps the most interesting response that the scientific community has tried to give to this problem. The paper examines strengths and weaknesses of the Open Access strategy in general and, more specifically, of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), discussing experiences, criticisms and barriers. All authors that have faced the problems of implementing an OAI compliant e-print server agree that technical and practical problems are not the most difficult to overcome and that the real problem is the change in cultural attitude required. In this scenario, the university library is possibly the standard bearer for the advent and implementation of e-prints archives and Open Archives services. To ensure the successful implementation of this service the Library has a number of distinct roles to play.
format Recurso educativo Open Access
id eric_EJ873082
institution ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
language en
publishDate 2005
record_format eric
spellingShingle Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries
Pelizzari, Eugenio
Academic Libraries
Archives
Electronic Libraries
Electronic Publishing
Library Automation
Library Development
Metadata
Barriers
Access to Information
Information Storage
Information Management
Library Role
Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries Pelizzari, Eugenio Academic Libraries Archives Electronic Libraries Electronic Publishing Library Automation Library Development Metadata Barriers Access to Information Information Storage Information Management Library Role The scholarly communication system is in a critical stage, due to a number of factors. The Open Access movement is perhaps the most interesting response that the scientific community has tried to give to this problem. The paper examines strengths and weaknesses of the Open Access strategy in general and, more specifically, of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), discussing experiences, criticisms and barriers. All authors that have faced the problems of implementing an OAI compliant e-print server agree that technical and practical problems are not the most difficult to overcome and that the real problem is the change in cultural attitude required. In this scenario, the university library is possibly the standard bearer for the advent and implementation of e-prints archives and Open Archives services. To ensure the successful implementation of this service the Library has a number of distinct roles to play.
title Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries
topic Academic Libraries
Archives
Electronic Libraries
Electronic Publishing
Library Automation
Library Development
Metadata
Barriers
Access to Information
Information Storage
Information Management
Library Role
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ873082