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Focus on academic and research: libraries: librarians speak out to journal publishers.

Publication: Computers in Libraries
Publication Date: 01-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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'Digital repositories at present are not a replacement for journals. The IRs support faculty by preserving unique materials. They augment, but do not replace.'

--Steven Mandeville-Gamble (George Washington University)

What is the economic situation in libraries these days? What are academic and research libraries doing with regard to making the resources in their collections more discoverable? Are they involved in institutional repository (IR) projects? And how do IRs and the availability of open access journals affect library purchasing decisions?

Those were just some of the questions posed to a group of librarians in a recent focus group conducted in Washington, D.C., by consultant Rita Scheman for the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP).

Six librarians participated in the focus group, observed by about 60 primary journal publishers actively scribbling notes. No doubt everyone in the room walked away with a slightly different impression. Here are the impressions...

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