Open access to STM information : trends, models and strategies for libraries / edited by Anthi Katsirikou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katsirikou, Anthi.

Series:

IFLA publications ; 153.

IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 153

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries and electronic publishing.

Open access publishing.

Science publishing.

Science and technology libraries--Collection development.

Science and technology libraries.

Institutional repositories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains a plethora of different viewpoints and research results from all over the world, bringing them together to provide a global perspectiveon the various issues that comprise ""open access"". Topics include copyright, best practices and management, open access and society, repositories, journals, publications and publishing, services and technology, quality andevaluation. The book offers a holistic focus on open access and can serve as a useful learning tool for students and professionals.

Contents:

How to build an institutional repository : practical guide from a special library / Katalin Miszori

Open access and academic library public services : roles for reference and instruction / Laura Bowering Mullen

Marketing strategies for increasing the visibility of scientific research in the view of open access principles / Manolis Koukourakis and Angela Repanovici

Managing virtual environments in libraries : Second Life and information literacy / Natassa Tsoubrakakou and Panorea Gaitanou

Academic authors, scientific information, and open access publishing / Mirjana Brkovic

Towards a new technology for science online : open access portals and social networking as a source of scientific information / Ana Ivkovic

Open access and Web 2.0 convergence : information foundation of the future / Zoran Zdravkovic

An institutional repository project as an organizational change vision in IRTA / Xantal Romaguera and Carmen Reverté

Enhancing institutional repositories (IR) in Ghana / R.B. Lamptey and A. Corletey

Surabaya memory : opportunities and challenges of open access e-heritage repositories / Liauw Toong Tjiek (Aditya Ugraha)

Developing a repository : a library's journey / Claire Bundy

Open access and academic libraries journal subscriptions / Ageliki Oikonomou

Copyright and open access journals in Greece / Assimina Vlachaki and Christine Urquhart

Open access collaborative disciplinary repositories : an alternative publishing model / Roxana Theodorou and Ourania Konsta

ZS project : zoological science meets institutional repositories / Sho Sato ... [et al.]

Technology trends, requirements and models for providing sustainable technological support for libraries in an evolving environment / P. Stathopoulos, N. Houssos, and G. Stavrou

Mapping the intellectual structure of open access field through co-citations / Guleda Duzyol, Zehra Taskin, and Yasar Tonta

Open access books collection's improvement according to cost, user's satisfaction and user's demands / Aristeidis Meletiou.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at the IFLA Satellite Pre-Conference held in Chania, Crete, Greece, August 6-8, 2010 in conjunction with the 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613402837

9781283402835

1283402831

9783110263749

3110263742

OCLC:

748242266