Introducing Open Access Librarian (OA Librarian)

[Andrew Waller <waller@ucalgary.ca>]

(apologies for any duplicate messages)

OA Librarian is a new, cooperatively produced weblog, which combines a 
pathfinder function with news and commentary on open access and 
librarianship. Please visit us here: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/

Under OA Resources on the right-hand side of the page, you'll find links 
to free open access resources in Library and Information Science: the LIS 
journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, and two open 
archives for LIS: E-LIS and D-LIST.  There are also links to 
bibliographies and advocacy tools.

Postings vary widely: news items pertinent to librarians, relevant 
conference presentations, and other blogs or resources about open access 
developed by librarians.

One theme of OA Librarian is highlighting the work of librarians who 
advocate for Open Access. Recent articles focus on Antonella de Robbio, 
the originator of E-LIS; Anita Coleman, the driving force behind DLIST; 
and Charles W. Bailey, Jr., the author of the Open Access Bibliography: 
Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals.

Blog team members are:

1. Marcus Banks, New York University School of Medicine
2. Anita Coleman, University of Arizona School of Information  Resources &
    Library Science: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~asc/
3. Lesley Perkins, Blogmaster
4. Andrew Waller, University of Calgary
5. Heather G. Morrison, British Columbia Electronic Library Network:
    http://www.poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/

Please visit OA Librarian: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/.

-- Andrew Waller
Serials Librarian
Collections Services
University of Calgary Library
waller@ucalgary.ca