OA Article Charges: Good Business, Bad Business, or Just More Business?

The author argues that it is not cost-effective for libraries to pay open access (OA) article charges. The author explains how OA charges will become a supplementary cost for libraries if they decide to pay for individual articles authored on their campus to be published OA. The author suggests a p...

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Main Author: Scott Warren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2014-12-01
Series:Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1625
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