Open access in China and its effect on academic libraries
Published | January 2013 |
Type of work | Special Issue on Open Access |
Journal | The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 39, Issue 1 (January 2013), Pages 110 - 112 |
Editors | Kasper, Wendi Arant and vanDuinkerken, Wyoma |
Country | China, Asia |
ABSTRACT
OA is to become the future of academic library exchanges in China. With the government's support and promotion of OA, more and more Chinese academic libraries have been committed to participating in OA. The rapid development of OA not only has changed the model of traditional scholarly communication and brought a free communication environment of scholarly information, but also continues to impact on all aspects of academic libraries, including their role, collections, technology and services.Keywords | academic libraries · China · information services · library collections · library technology · open access |
ISSN | 991333 |
Rights | Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved |
DOI | 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.11.009 |
URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001772 |
Other information | The Journal of Academic Librarianship |
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