Hi Igor,
We haven't found a good method to introduce users to open access yet. Or a way to "control" the content.
We use EBSCO Publication Finder for our online journals (and Full Text Finder for the link resolver). We've enabled a few open access aggregators (DOAJ for example), but I'm finding that EBSCO's open access lists are often a better choice as far as reliability in the link is concerned. Wiley, Springer, Elsevier, etc. all have their own open access packages in EBSCO's administrative site, so I've enabled those as well.
Traditionally, we do not catalog our open access titles -- we have only one cataloger and her assistant and they do not have time to do this.
I've created an open access LibGuide, which I admit needs a little freshening, but at some point, we may catalog the guide and hopefully this will point users to open access resources.
Beth M. Johns, MLIS
E-Resources Librarian
Saginaw Valley State University
Melvin J. Zahnow Library
Hello,
Our library tries to find ways to make Open Access publications more visible for our customers. By now we have been very reluctant in adding those titles to our OPAC; we do it only when we are asked to do so. We also use SFX and Intota: there we activate most of the packages with free- or OA-titles. But as those packages often contain hundreds or thousands of titles, we are not able to control this content. Therefore we add the information "Free full text available for some or all content. Article availability is subject to change without notice, according to publisher decision." in bold and red. This is very correct but I'm afraid that it scares people off rather than attract them to use those journals.
Now my questions to you:
what's your policy regarding OA-titles in your OPAC or activation OA-titles in your link resolver? I'm looking for good ideas how to promote those journals without too much efforts.
How can we easily discriminate between valuable OA-titles and rubbish?
Of course we are well aware that OA in itself is not a reason to choose a journal. But we would like to contribute that good OA-titles find their public and to show students, researchers and teachers that there exist good alternatives to expensive journals; thus maybe affecting their publishing behaviour ;-)
Best regards
Igor
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Universität Bern
Universitätsbibliothek Bern
E-Library
Igor Hammer
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