The Next Information Revolution- How Open Access Repositories and Journals will Transform Scholarly Communications

Source Article:

Prosser, D. C. 2003. The Next Information Revolution- How Open Access Repositories and Journals will Transform Scholarly Communications. Retrieved July 29, 2009 from liber.library.uu.nl/publish/articles/000047/article.pdf

Abstract

The article focuses on institutional repositories and open access journals. It cites the current situation, new opportunities, practical developments and the next steps in the said services. It also presents the impact of open access journals to the researchers and the author themselves.

Things I Learned from the Article

1. Instead of books, journals are the main sources of raw information of researches and other scholarly outputs.
2. I learned about the 'serials crises' and permission crises' which paved the way for open access journals.
3. The benefits open access journals to the society/researchers which include acceleration of research and enrichment of learning. Likewise, authors also benefits from open access journals by increasing their profile, institutions and countries.

Subscribing to online journals for the library is indeed very costly. It can slash away budget from other library materials. That is the main reason why open access journals are gaining momentum in the past years. It would be better to include these journals to the library catalog and/or website to provide more information for the researchers. The DLSU for one provides links to open access journals which will result to researches with more depth. Though these open access articles and resources may cause reduction in number of client entrants in the library, it will be more rewarding to know that your library is still able to respond to your clients need even if they are not physically present in your library.