Module 3: Resource optimization
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2015
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The concept of open access got momentum since 2000 due to growth in
number of scholarly communication, particularly journals, increase in the cost
of journals , shrinking budget of libraries and other problems on one hand and
the need to access scholarly communications particularly the research out put
of public funded research on the other. The access to scholarly communications particularly the journals has been of much concern for a long
time.
The open access concept which is a philosophy to achieve the goal of
accessing and making available the digital material free of charge which may
or may not be free from copyright and licensing restrictions arose out of this
necessity. You have been introduced with the concept of open access and open access infrastructure in the previous modules wherein the concepts of scholarly communications, open access and its various forms, issues related with rights management, impact of open access in scholarly communications and technical and management issues have been discussed in the different units of Modules 1 and 2.
This module focuses on resource optimization in general that aims to discuss
how the open access environment can be promoted and how the collection
development may be facilitated by integrating open access resources with
institutional and library resources. At the end of this module, the learner is
expected to be able to foster an enabling environment for Open Access, and
facilitate collection development by integrating library services.
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Roy Choudhury, B. (2015). Module 3: Resource optimization. Unesco