One Report, Two Findings: Library Roles Changing, Open Access Not Compelling

[Philip Davis <pmd8@cornell.edu>]

One Report, Two Findings: Library Roles Changing, Open Access Not Compelling
by Kent Anderson
Scholarly Kitchen
April 15, 2010
http://j.mp/92pRAi

quote:

"It's been a fear among librarians for decades, a perception 
among publishers for years, and now a survey shows it's now a 
clear opinion among faculty and researchers -- libraries are 
increasingly viewed as information purchasing agents inside 
academic institutions rather than intellectual partners.

An unrelated perception that's been argued for years is that open 
access is of dubious value to scholars, with their dedication to 
its ideals hardly rising above lip service."