"...For librarians reading this book****, it is definitely a plus that Suber doesn’t take the condescending route and proclaim libraries and librarians to be casualties of increased OA. On the other hand, libraries as institutions that passively pay exorbitant subscription bills tend to figure more in the text than librarians as active participants, leaders and allies in reforming scholarly communications. Although I’m sure it’s not intended to read this way (and there are a couple of good plugs for libraries & librarians in the last chapter), it’s not hard to imagine faculty members reading this book imagining that their libraries need rescuing rather than coming away with the idea that their libraries are full of librarians who would be happy joining them storming the barricades. Change will happen faster and better if we hang together.............................
Finally, who would I recommend this book to? First of all, this book is a must-have for any academic library. No question about that......"
****we have this book ON ORDER in the RUL
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i would like to read this book, thanks for letting us know its on order for RUL. There are so many different views on OA, the road to follow, shall we take the GREEN road or the GOLD road. But one thing is for certain, OA is growing world wide and it will have a bigger impact if we work together.
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