Leading by Example? ALA Division Publications, Open Access, and Sustainability

Author(s)

Nathan F. Hall, Pennsylvania State University - Main CampusFollow
Sara Arnold-Garza, Library of CongressFollow
Regina Gong, University of San DiegoFollow
Yasmeen Shorish, James Madison UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal Title

College & Research Libraries

Volume Number

77

Issue Number

5

First Page

654

Last Page

667

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.77.5.654

Version

Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting

Original Citation

Hall, N., Arnold-Garza, S., Gong, R., & Shorish, Y. (2016). Leading by Example? ALA Division Publications, Open Access, and Sustainability. College & Research Libraries, 77(5), 654-667.https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.77.5.654

Publication Date

9-2016

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

This investigation explores scholarly communication business models in American Library Association (ALA) division peer-reviewed academic journals. Previous studies reveal the numerous issues organizations and publishers face in the academic publishing environment. Through an analysis of documented procedures, policies, and finances of five ALA division journals, we compare business and access models. We conclude that some ALA divisions prioritize the costs associated with changing business models, including hard-to-estimate costs such as the labor of volunteers. For other divisions, the financial aspects are less important than maintaining core values, such as those defined in ALA’s Core Values in Librarianship.

Digital USD Citation

Hall, Nathan F.; Arnold-Garza, Sara; Gong, Regina; and Shorish, Yasmeen, "Leading by Example? ALA Division Publications, Open Access, and Sustainability" (2016). Copley Library: Faculty Scholarship. 25.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/library_facpub/25