Exploring faculty perspectives on open access at a medium-sized, American doctoral university
Faculty hold widely varying perspectives on the benefits and challenges afforded by open access (OA) publishing. In the United States, conversations on OA models and strategy have been dominated by scholars affiliated with Carnegie R1 institutions. This article reports findings from interviews condu...
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2023-07-01
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| author | Rachel E. Scott Julie A. Murphy Cassie Thayer-Styes Chad E. Buckley Anne Shelley |
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| description | Faculty hold widely varying perspectives on the benefits and challenges afforded by open access (OA) publishing. In the United States, conversations on OA models and strategy have been dominated by scholars affiliated with Carnegie R1 institutions. This article reports findings from interviews conducted with faculty at a Carnegie R2 institution, highlighting disciplinary and individual perspectives on the high costs and rich rewards afforded by OA. The results reiterate the persistence of a high degree of skepticism regarding the quality of peer review and business models associated with OA publishing. By exploring scholars’ perceptions of and experiences with OA publishing and their comfort using or sharing unpublished, publicly available content, the authors highlight the degree to which OA approaches must remain flexible, iterative and multifaceted – no single solution can begin to accommodate the rich and varying needs of individual stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ed440a582194da59989ca7cf5d423f32023-08-09T14:06:57ZengUbiquity PressInsights: The UKSG Journal2048-77542023-07-0136141410.1629/uksg.620618Exploring faculty perspectives on open access at a medium-sized, American doctoral universityRachel E. Scott0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5847-3378Julie A. Murphy1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-8986Cassie Thayer-Styes2https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4811-0223Chad E. Buckley3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0937-6832Anne Shelley4https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9065-5998Associate Dean for Information Assets, Milner Library, Illinois State UniversityCollection Assessment Librarian and Physics Librarian, Milner Library, Illinois State UniversityAcquisitions Librarian, Milner Library, Illinois State UniversityHead of Collection Development and Biological Sciences Librarian, Milner Library, Illinois State UniversityScholarly Communication Librarian and Music Librarian, Milner Library, Illinois State UniversityFaculty hold widely varying perspectives on the benefits and challenges afforded by open access (OA) publishing. In the United States, conversations on OA models and strategy have been dominated by scholars affiliated with Carnegie R1 institutions. This article reports findings from interviews conducted with faculty at a Carnegie R2 institution, highlighting disciplinary and individual perspectives on the high costs and rich rewards afforded by OA. The results reiterate the persistence of a high degree of skepticism regarding the quality of peer review and business models associated with OA publishing. By exploring scholars’ perceptions of and experiences with OA publishing and their comfort using or sharing unpublished, publicly available content, the authors highlight the degree to which OA approaches must remain flexible, iterative and multifaceted – no single solution can begin to accommodate the rich and varying needs of individual stakeholders.https://account.insights.uksg.org/index.php/up-j-i/article/view/620open accessscholarly communicationshigher educationcarnegie r2 universitiesacademic publishingacademic library |
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| title | Exploring faculty perspectives on open access at a medium-sized, American doctoral university |
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| title_short | Exploring faculty perspectives on open access at a medium-sized, American doctoral university |
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