A review of the open access concept in the UAE

Judith Mavodza, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

New Library World

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Abstract

Purpose: This paper seeks to highlight the recent open access (OA) initiatives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: The paper finds that the UAE open access initiatives may be the beginning of advances towards encouraging contributing to OA peer-reviewed article publication for enabling knowledge creation. The OA initiative appears to be a harbinger of things to come particularly at UAE institutions of higher learning where most of the academic research happens. For librarians, the time has come to be involved with the creation of institutional repositories as their roles evolve. Findings: The research is based on literature rather than a field study. This means an actual survey may be more informative in the future. Research limitations/implications: It is important for librarians and the academic community to understand what OA means in order to both contribute and benefit from it. Practical implications: OA as a concept implies giving the responsibility to librarians to give more advice to patrons about effective use of OA resources. Originality/value: This paper reinforces many of the concepts being discussed regarding OA initiatives both in the UAE and globally. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

ISSN

0307-4803

Publisher

Emerald

Volume

114

Issue

5

First Page

259

Last Page

266

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Keywords

Information services, Institutional repositories, Library service, Open access, Open systems, Repositories, United Arab Emirates

Scopus ID

84878262681

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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