Measuring Altruistic Impact: A Model for Understanding the Social Justice of Open Access

INTRODUCTION Traditional assessment of ways in which open access initiatives and institutional repositories have provided a return on investment normally use pragmatic measures such as download counts and citation benefits. This pragmatic approach misses out on the powerful altruistic impact of impr...

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Main Authors: Franny Gaede, Margaret Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iowa State University Digital Press 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
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Online Access:https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12770/