Investing in open: Canadian challenges in bibliodiversity
This opinion piece addresses ideas and philosophies for libraries to think about when investing collections funds. It discusses the current landscape of open access funded significantly by authors (via article processing charges (APCs)) or via library agreements to offset APCs, the continued dominan...
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2025-03-01
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| description | This opinion piece addresses ideas and philosophies for libraries to think about when investing collections funds. It discusses the current landscape of open access funded significantly by authors (via article processing charges (APCs)) or via library agreements to offset APCs, the continued dominance of legacy for-profit publishers and suggests some ways forward to influence change in the publishing landscape. Written with a Canadian lens, these recommendations will be relevant in other geographies as well, as the publishing landscape is global. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5974b7a30fd4bdeba10cff37755bb012025-08-20T02:13:19ZengUbiquity PressInsights: The UKSG Journal2048-77542025-03-01387710.1629/uksg.686684Investing in open: Canadian challenges in bibliodiversityJaclyn McLean0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-0325Ian Gibson1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-8247Electronic Resources Librarian, University of SaskatchewanActing Associate, University Librarian, Research University of GuelphThis opinion piece addresses ideas and philosophies for libraries to think about when investing collections funds. It discusses the current landscape of open access funded significantly by authors (via article processing charges (APCs)) or via library agreements to offset APCs, the continued dominance of legacy for-profit publishers and suggests some ways forward to influence change in the publishing landscape. Written with a Canadian lens, these recommendations will be relevant in other geographies as well, as the publishing landscape is global.https://account.insights.uksg.org/index.php/up-j-i/article/view/686academic publishingequitable open accessbibliodiversitycollection managementopen publishing |
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| title | Investing in open: Canadian challenges in bibliodiversity |
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| title_short | Investing in open: Canadian challenges in bibliodiversity |
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| topic | academic publishing equitable open access bibliodiversity collection management open publishing |
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