More than a third of college librarians questioned this fall said database vendors failed to deliver the amount of published material they said they would, and did not compensate libraries for the shortfall. The survey of libraries’ database-licensing practices for this academic year was conducted by Primary Research Group Inc. The survey also questioned librarians in corporate, nonprofit, and government organizations. Most respondents were in the United States, and the rest were in Britain, Australia, and Canada.
Other findings from the survey regarding college libraries:
They have an average of 67 database licenses....
About 29 percent have digital repositories. Ten percent are within a year of having one, and 16 percent said they would probably have one within two years.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/07/2007 11:01:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
