Open Access publishing as a catalyst for change in scholarly communication: Principles of Library and Information science are essential to its ideology | hc:24873 | Humanities CORE

Abstract:  Open Access (OA) initiatives, movements and policies have had a large impact on scholarly communication publishing and dissemination. This is of particular interest to Library and Information Science, through implementation, ethics and how libraries and librarians engage with the process. Library and Information Science principally concerns itself with the organisation and sharing of information and knowledge, considering the impoteus behind the OA movement in contrast to recent commercial implementation.