Increasing Visibility of Open Access Materials in a Library Catalog: Case Study at a Large Academic Research Library

Edmunds, Jeff; Enriquez, Ana

doi:10.1080/19386389.2020.1821946

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“…Even if a library may not yet have the opportunity to develop an FTE position devoted to cataloging OA resources, recognizing where OA resource management may already be taking place within the library or institution can be an important part of an overall OA strategy. For instance, the work being done at Penn State University Libraries to increase the visibility of OA resources important to their community is one example that illustrates the kind of OA metadata support libraries may already have the expertise in-house to provide (Edmunds & Enriquez, 2020). This has also been the case at the UCLA Library.…”

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Metadata Librarians for Open Access

Chan,

Zhang,

Vermeij

et al. 2024

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Support by academic libraries for open access (OA) over the past three-plus decades has largely focused on the development of digital infrastructure, promotion of open access publishing, support of policy-driven access mandates, and more recently, adoption of transformative agreements. Libraries have correspondingly created a broad array of scholarly communication roles to support these varied approaches. Surprisingly, one area of open access support that has received less attention from libraries is the facilitation of description and discovery of open access resources through the creation of robust original metadata. Expertise in Organization of Recorded Knowledge and Information represents a core competency of librarianship, yet the current academic library landscape shows few positions that specifically apply this expertise towards support for OA resources. Efforts to describe OA resources typically fall below those dedicated to licensed resources and pale in comparison to OA advocacy work, repository, publishing and other services. This case study offers an example of how one large academic library has introduced a metadata librarian position focused on description of open access resources into its activities supporting open access. For decades, commercially licensed resources have benefitted from metadata enhanced layer by layer by commercial and library professionals alike. With increased focus and funding being devoted to open access driven by governmental, institutional, and private funders, attention is critically needed to ensure that these new resources obtain the description necessary to allow them to be useful. Metadata librarians focused on open access resources can work with array of positions, such as repository managers and other digital asset management professionals, to ensure that open access resources are properly ingested and managed, and that metadata practices are aligned with best practices for preservation and long-term access. OA metadata librarians could be responsible for developing and implementing metadata standards and practices for open access resources like scholarly articles, data sets, and other digital objects. These standards would help ensure that open access resources are accurately described and discoverable alongside purchased resources, making them more accessible to researchers and other users. In addition to their technical responsibilities, OA metadata librarians can also play key roles in advocating for open access resources and educating library staff and users about the importance of metadata in supporting discoverability and accessibility. Through participation in professional organizations and initiatives focused on open access and metadata, OA metadata librarians can help raise awareness of the importance of metadata in supporting open access resources, their sustainability, and ultimately, their impact.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Metadata Librarians for Open Access

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Zhang,

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“…In addition, poor or inconsistent metadata leads to poor discoverability (Edmunds, J., & Enriquez, 2020;Quarati, 2023;Zhu, 2023). The content providers frequently lack a commitment to enhancing the quality of their metadata supply, and concurrently, library management system vendors do not consistently fulfill their promises.…”

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Making Open Resources Discoverable: Collaborative Approaches for Enhanced Access

2024

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This article explores collaborative efforts to enhance the discoverability of open access resources. It highlights the pivotal role of librarians, educators, library system platform vendors, and publishers in improving access to these valuable resources. Through collective expertise and cooperation, these collaborative approaches aim to unlock the potential of open resources, benefiting researchers, students, and the broader academic community. By working together and leveraging their collective knowledge, these collaborative efforts promise to tap into the wealth of open resources, making them more accessible for professors, students, and the broader academic community.

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“…Similarly, these libraries are based on digital databases and provide services online to the users and patron 3 . It is important to mention here that e-libraries provide the easiest online research tool to research scholars and standards searching support to academicians 4 . Further, it integrates the technology to enhance literacy through the curriculum to educators.…”

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Steady ship: Digital, online, and e-libraries (1971–2020)

Ali

Shoaib

Syed

2021

Journal of Information Science

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This paper attempts to examine the e-libraries, digital libraries, electronic libraries, and online libraries employing bibliometric study techniques from 1971 to 2020. It focuses to consolidate the published documents on the library indexed in Web of Science. It has been observed that we found 4266 published documents employing bibliometric analysis. The study findings show that digital libraries are the top topic, proceeding paper is the top type of document, and most are published in the English language. Similarly, the year 2006 to 2010 has the highest number of published documents, top author Fox EA, Dept. Comp Sci top organisation, United States top country, and digital libraries as a top keyword has been found. Further, the name of Liu et al. has been at the top of the author’s list. Moreover, the results are presented in tables and figures to show the trend of data.

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Increasing Visibility of Open Access Materials in a Library Catalog: Case Study at a Large Academic Research Library

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Metadata Librarians for Open Access

Metadata Librarians for Open Access

Making Open Resources Discoverable: Collaborative Approaches for Enhanced Access

Steady ship: Digital, online, and e-libraries (1971–2020)

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