Across the Great Divide: Findings and Possibilities for Action from the 2016 Summit Meeting of Academic Libraries and University Presses with Administrative Relationships (P2L)

“Both libraries and university presses are central to the open access movement and should be partners and leaders in that effort, drawing on their combined expertise. Yet, thus far it has only increased pressure on their budgets and, hence, on universities generally. Aside from journals, technology is the fastest rising expense for libraries, and it has been equally challenging for presses. Digitization raises a host of difficult decisions how to organize, store, and provide access to digital materials. The technical requirements of open access are daunting and expensive. Individual institutions have developed their own projects using their own protocols and platforms, leaving a plethora of projects and data scattered across the web.”