Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts
INTRODUCTION There is a growing body of accepted author manuscripts (AAMs) in national, professional, and institutional repositories. This study seeks to explore librarian attitudes about AAMs and in what contexts they should be recommended. Particular attention is paid to differences between the at...
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| description | INTRODUCTION There is a growing body of accepted author manuscripts (AAMs) in national, professional, and institutional repositories. This study seeks to explore librarian attitudes about AAMs and in what contexts they should be recommended. Particular attention is paid to differences between the attitudes of librarians whose primary job responsibilities are within the field of scholarly communications as opposed to the rest of the profession. METHODS An Internet survey was sent to nine different professional listservs, asking for voluntary anonymous participation. RESULTS This study finds that AAMs are considered an acceptable source by many librarians, with scholarly communications librarians more willing to recommend AAMs in higher-stakes contexts such as health care and dissertation research. DISCUSSION Librarian AAM attitudes are discussed, with suggestions for future research and implications for librarians. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d8c24cf545248b7827a1aafc37b063f2024-04-04T17:32:52ZengIowa State University Digital PressJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication2162-33092017-11-015110.7710/2162-3309.2204Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author ManuscriptsHillary Miller0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-6906Jimmy Ghapheryhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8043-7701Sam Byrd1VCU Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth UniversityINTRODUCTION There is a growing body of accepted author manuscripts (AAMs) in national, professional, and institutional repositories. This study seeks to explore librarian attitudes about AAMs and in what contexts they should be recommended. Particular attention is paid to differences between the attitudes of librarians whose primary job responsibilities are within the field of scholarly communications as opposed to the rest of the profession. METHODS An Internet survey was sent to nine different professional listservs, asking for voluntary anonymous participation. RESULTS This study finds that AAMs are considered an acceptable source by many librarians, with scholarly communications librarians more willing to recommend AAMs in higher-stakes contexts such as health care and dissertation research. DISCUSSION Librarian AAM attitudes are discussed, with suggestions for future research and implications for librarians.https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12795/Accepted Author ManuscriptsGreen Open AccessLibrarian AttitudesScholarly CommunicationsRepositories |
| spellingShingle | Hillary Miller Jimmy Ghaphery Sam Byrd Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication Accepted Author Manuscripts Green Open Access Librarian Attitudes Scholarly Communications Repositories |
| title | Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts |
| title_full | Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts |
| title_fullStr | Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts |
| title_short | Green on What Side of the Fence? Librarian Perceptions of Accepted Author Manuscripts |
| title_sort | green on what side of the fence librarian perceptions of accepted author manuscripts |
| topic | Accepted Author Manuscripts Green Open Access Librarian Attitudes Scholarly Communications Repositories |
| url | https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12795/ |
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