Untying knots and joining dots: the role of librarians in the scholarly communication environment
This opinion piece on the role of libraries in the scholarly communication environment covers the following issues: the notion of librarians as the proxies and ‘middleware’ of the scholarly communications landscape; the need for librarians to be willing to adapt their practices in order to ease some...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Insights: The UKSG Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://insights.uksg.org/articles/158 |
| Summary: | This opinion piece on the role of libraries in the scholarly communication environment covers the following issues: the notion of librarians as the proxies and ‘middleware’ of the scholarly communications landscape; the need for librarians to be willing to adapt their practices in order to ease some of the complexities inherent in research communications; a plea for publishers to provide simpler, more straightforward and transparent subscription and open access (OA) offers to libraries; and some thoughts on where rapid developments in digital technologies might lead the information professions. |
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| ISSN: | 2048-7754 |