OA monographs discovery in the library supply chain: draft report and recommendations | Jisc scholarly communications

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-10-26

Summary:

"Key studies, such as the OAPEN-NL project, have shown that open access has a positive impact on the usage and discovery of monographs. However, a recurring theme for open access monograph publishers is that of discoverability, dissemination and metadata.

In 2017, the Jisc report Changing publishing ecologies: A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing suggested that best practices in metadata were drawn up as the quality of metadata at New University Presses and Academic-led publishing initiatives was at various levels of maturity. This view was confirmed at a European level by the Knowledge Unlatched report to the OPERAS project on the visibility of metadata, which stated that: “The metadata held and managed by OPERAS partners is inconsistent and variable in quality. Collecting and aggregating data from multiple OPERAS partners was a challenge due to inconsistency in bibliographic metadata processes and formats”...."

Link:

https://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2018/10/25/oa-monographs-discovery-in-the-library-supply-chain-draft-report-and-recommendations/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.books oa.libraries oa.discoverability oa.recommendations oa.metadata

Date tagged:

10/26/2018, 14:43

Date published:

10/26/2018, 10:43