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Survey results on OA (MLA's Scholarly Communications Cttee)

Please see the November MLA News article here:

http://www.mlanet.org/resources/publish/sc_2010_survey_results.html

written by Barbara Epstein, AHIP, Member, Ad Hoc Committee for 
Advocating Scholarly Communications, which summarizes the results 
of the survey done last spring/summer to assess librarians; views 
of the impact of Open Access/Public Access initiatives on 
collection decisions.

The results show that it is difficult to determine to what extent 
open or public access influences librarians' collection 
decisions.  The article concludes with: "The survey makes it 
clear that open access publishing is of great importance to the 
library community and warrants continued monitoring and 
educational activities."

The full article provides further detail on the results.

Karen Albert, MLS, AHIP
Library Director
Paul J. Gutman Library
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia, PA 19144
karenalbert48@gmail.com
albertk@philau.edu
215-951-2847