OA Policies and the Sustainability of Digital Libraries of Scholarly Information

Gobinda Chowdhury

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Abstract

Beginning with an introduction to scholarly communications and recently introduced OA (open access) policies of various government agencies and research funding bodies, this paper discusses the sustainability of digital libraries. It discusses how the specific OA policies and their implementation can influence the economic, social and environmental sustainability of digital libraries of scholarly information.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Emergence of Digital Libraries – Research and Practices
PublisherSpringer
Pages65-75
Volume8839
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-12823-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-12822-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume8839

Keywords

  • Digital libraries
  • open access
  • sustainable digital libraries
  • social sustainability
  • economic sustainability
  • environmental sustainability

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