Academic librarian engagement with Open Access in the UK: support, advocacy and education

"City, University of London. Natasha Suri. January 2018. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MSc in Information Science. Supervisor: David Bawden

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to capture a brief snapshot of current academic librarian engagement with Open Access in UK higher education institutions. The study utilised a mixed method approach. An online questionnaire was used to capture quantitative data, and email interviews were used to collect qualitative data. A volunteer sample of 83 UK- based academic librarians responded to the questionnaire, and two further responses were received to the email interviews. Quantitative data was presented visually, and qualitative data was analysed using Braun & Clarke’s staged thematic analysis (2006)...."