Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals [Paperback]

Charles W. Bailey Jr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2005

This bibliography presents over 1,300 selected English-language books, conference papers (including some digital video presentations), debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles, technical reports, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding the open access movement's efforts to provide free access to and unfettered use of scholarly literature.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This title is a major contribution to the study of the open access movement in general, as well as its emergence in the early twenty-first century." --Library Resources and Technical Services

"This is an excellent resource for its extensive background documentation of the open access arguments and issues." --Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Anyone interested in the Open Access movement will likely find this contribution to the effort to be an instant classic. -- Current Cites, March 2005

About the Author

Charles W. Bailey, Jr. is the publisher of Digital Scholarship, a website that deals with digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues. He has over 30 years of information technology experience, including 24 years of managerial experience in academic libraries. Bailey has been an open access publisher for over 20 years, starting in 1989 with The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (founding Editor-in-Chief, 1989-2006), one of the first open access journals. In 1996, he began publishing the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, an open access book that has been updated over 75 times. He is the author of a number of digital and print bibliographies, including Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography. He has written over 30 papers about digital copyright, expert systems, institutional repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other topics. In 2010, Bailey was given a Best Content by an Individual Award by The Charleston Advisor. In 2003, he was named as one of Library Journal's "Movers & Shakers." In 1993, he was awarded the first LITA/Library Hi Tech Award For Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library and Information Science. He holds master's degrees in information and library science and instructional media and technology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Association of Research Libraries (February 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594076707
• ISBN-13: 978-1594076701
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,182,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles W. Bailey, Jr. is the publisher of Digital Scholarship, a website that deals with digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues. He has over 30 years of information technology experience, including 24 years of managerial experience in academic libraries. Bailey has been an open access publisher for over 20 years, starting in 1989 with The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (founding Editor-in-Chief, 1989-2006), one of the first open access journals. In 1996, he began publishing the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, an open access book that has been updated over 75 times. He is the author of a number of digital and print bibliographies, including the Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals and Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography. He has written over 30 papers about digital copyright, expert systems, institutional repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other topics. In 2010, Bailey was given a Best Content by an Individual Award by The Charleston Advisor. In 2003, he was named as one of Library Journal's "Movers & Shakers." In 1993, he was awarded the first LITA/Library Hi Tech Award For Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library and Information Science. He holds master's degrees in information and library science and instructional media and technology.