“What more could art scholarship achieve if it were open?” (Watkins, 2015). Discuss, with particular reference to the adoption and promotion of open access within the Arts. – Rookie (almost) Librarian

"...This paper investigates the adoption and promotion of open access [OA] within the Arts. For clarity the Arts, when mentioned in this paper, is defined as including art history and practicing artists and their very different needs when considering OA compared to that of the STEM subjects. Too often is art history separated from the practicing arts when the barriers of implementing OA are the same. Three institutional projects are examined and the success in which these projects aided OA. Where it can be established that definite forms of adoption and promotion have taken place in the arts this is fragmented and does not create uniformity across the sectors.  Consistency and standardisation is needed for OA to be fully accepted by the Arts...."