A question of mission
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"While I was at UCLA, I heard some fairly strong pushback against institutional repositories. Much of it didn’t trouble me at all; it’s no more than what I’ve said myself. One strain, however, did bother me rather. It went something like this...: How do libraries justify spending on open access —making local materials available to the world— if our guiding mission is to buy appropriate materials specifically on behalf of our patron base?..."