Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 51, no. 6) Open Access Journals: Idealism and Opportunism
This chapter looks at patterns in starting dates for OA journals and an apparent gold rush in some fields, where there has been especially high growth in APC-charging journals since 2006.
Walt Crawford writes, researches, and occasionally speaks on issues related to libraries, technology, policy, and media. He has written sixteen books published by ALA Editions; Information Today, Inc.; G. K. Hall; and others, beginning with MARC for Library Use and including most recently Successful Social Networking in Public Libraries (ALA Editions, 2014) and The Librarian’s Guide to Micropublishing (ITI, 2013). He has also published a free e-journal/newsletter since 2001, Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large, and self-published several library research projects. Crawford was a Senior Analyst at RLG for four decades. He previously wrote Library Technology Reports vol. 50, no. 4, “Big-Deal Serial Purchasing: Tracking the Damage.”
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