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“Collection managers make selections on the basis of content and suitability for our users’ teaching and
research needs. The manner of publication should have no bearing on the selection process.”
“Collection policy thus far is format agnostic.”
“Criteria are the same except for any criteria that involve pricing.”
“Items are selected based on suitability for collection and their support of the university’s academic mission. A
more formal collection development policy is currently in development.”
“OA resources are individually selected by collection managers, except in the case of our link resolver where
OA journals are enabled by default.”
“Open Access resources must meet the same quality standards as other materials that the library acquires.”
“The criteria used are not different. We question though the economic model of some open access resources
that transfer the production costs from the authors to the libraries: open access resources are in those cases
more expensive than commercial ones. For example, BioMed Central: the more our researchers publish in those
journals, the more expensive it is for the libraries.”
“The special criteria for online resources relate to technical issues otherwise the policies deal with subject/
level criteria which cover all formats. Open access is not an issue, except in that we can immediately link to
desirable OA resources, but may have to delay purchase of restricted ones due to financial constraints.”
“We add open access titles to the collection as they become available, when the title is relevant to the
collection. The same selection criteria apply to open access titles as to any other library materials.”
“We do not differentiate on the basis of funding. We set criteria for content first, with a focus on relevance to
our research and teaching. Other criteria follow.”
“We link to OA materials (for example DOAJ-listed materials) with no special criteria. Individual subject
selectors may have their own criteria for requesting cataloging of OA materials.”
“We only add resources to our collection that meet our selection guidelines. The bar is neither higher nor
lower for open access materials.”
“We select on the basis of potential support for instruction, learning, and research. We consider cost, quality,
etc. I would like to develop a systematic approach to selecting OA materials.”
7. Are the library staff who make selection decisions for externally hosted OA resources the same
as those who make selection decisions for other electronic resources? N=67
Yes 61 91%
No 6 9%
If no, please briefly explain who selects OA resources and who selects other electronic resources.
“Collection managers make selections on the basis of content and suitability for our users’ teaching and
research needs. The manner of publication should have no bearing on the selection process.”
“Collection policy thus far is format agnostic.”
“Criteria are the same except for any criteria that involve pricing.”
“Items are selected based on suitability for collection and their support of the university’s academic mission. A
more formal collection development policy is currently in development.”
“OA resources are individually selected by collection managers, except in the case of our link resolver where
OA journals are enabled by default.”
“Open Access resources must meet the same quality standards as other materials that the library acquires.”
“The criteria used are not different. We question though the economic model of some open access resources
that transfer the production costs from the authors to the libraries: open access resources are in those cases
more expensive than commercial ones. For example, BioMed Central: the more our researchers publish in those
journals, the more expensive it is for the libraries.”
“The special criteria for online resources relate to technical issues otherwise the policies deal with subject/
level criteria which cover all formats. Open access is not an issue, except in that we can immediately link to
desirable OA resources, but may have to delay purchase of restricted ones due to financial constraints.”
“We add open access titles to the collection as they become available, when the title is relevant to the
collection. The same selection criteria apply to open access titles as to any other library materials.”
“We do not differentiate on the basis of funding. We set criteria for content first, with a focus on relevance to
our research and teaching. Other criteria follow.”
“We link to OA materials (for example DOAJ-listed materials) with no special criteria. Individual subject
selectors may have their own criteria for requesting cataloging of OA materials.”
“We only add resources to our collection that meet our selection guidelines. The bar is neither higher nor
lower for open access materials.”
“We select on the basis of potential support for instruction, learning, and research. We consider cost, quality,
etc. I would like to develop a systematic approach to selecting OA materials.”
7. Are the library staff who make selection decisions for externally hosted OA resources the same
as those who make selection decisions for other electronic resources? N=67
Yes 61 91%
No 6 9%
If no, please briefly explain who selects OA resources and who selects other electronic resources.
