Alexander Street goes open access

This article describes two complementary OA (open access) initiatives launching in 2016 at Alexander Street. Contributing Collections will see 10% of all revenue generated dedicated to digitizing and making OA important archives. Premium Services offer member libraries the opportunity to upload and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Parker, Jenna Makowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-03-01
Series:Insights: The UKSG Journal
Online Access:http://insights.uksg.org/articles/279
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Summary:This article describes two complementary OA (open access) initiatives launching in 2016 at Alexander Street. Contributing Collections will see 10% of all revenue generated dedicated to digitizing and making OA important archives. Premium Services offer member libraries the opportunity to upload and make OA locally generated content. While this article focuses on the discipline of anthropology, Alexander Street will extend these two models into history, music and theater later in 2016.
ISSN:2048-7754