Katharine Dunn: Open access is still viewed as a bold step—when it should be the norm

"In this interview for Open Interview with Santosh C. Hulagabali, Katharine Dunn shares the growth story and OA initiatives at MIT. She throws light on how the OA initiatives such as OpenCourseWare, DSpace and open policy were introduced at MIT and how MIT puts a lot of resources into its policy implementation with a dedicated team to look after OA affairs, and policy advocacy and its implementation. Further, she talks on how MIT’s scholarly communication office deals with article/book publishing charges, publishing models, self-archiving, negotiations with publishers, etc. She openly shares how challenging is it to be a scholarly communications librarian, be it MIT or anywhere...."