Editing Open access (section)

==== Libraries and librarians ====
As information professionals, [[librarian]]s are often vocal and active advocates of open access. These librarians believe that open access promises to remove both the price and permission barriers that undermine library efforts to provide access to scholarship, as well as helping to address the [[serials crisis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Suber |first=Peter |date=2003 |title=Removing the Barriers to Research: An Introduction to Open Access for Librarians |url=https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/3715477 |url-status=live |journal=College & Research Libraries News |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=92–94, 113 |doi=10.5860/crln.64.2.92 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180839/https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/3715477 |archive-date=20 June 2018 |access-date=20 June 2018 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Open access provides a complement to library access services such as [[interlibrary loan]], supporting researchers' needs for immediate access to scholarship.<ref>{{Cite conference |last=Baich |first=Tina |date=2015 |title=Capturing the Benefits of Open Access in Interlibrary Loan |url=https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/7411 |conference=Brick & Click Libraries: An Academic Library Conference |location=Maryville, MO |doi=10.7912/C2KW2F}}</ref> Librarians and library associations also lead education and outreach initiatives to faculty, administrators, the library community, and the public about the benefits of open access.

Many library associations have either signed major open access declarations or created their own. For example, [[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions|IFLA]] have produced a Statement on Open Access.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2019 |title=IFLA Statement on Open Access (2011) |url=https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/8890 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831011403/https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/8890 |archive-date=31 August 2020 |website=IFLA}}</ref> The [[Association of Research Libraries]] has documented the need for increased access to scholarly information, and was a leading founder of the [[Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition]] (SPARC).<ref>[http://www.sparc.arl.org/ Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815193855/http://www.sparc.arl.org/|date=15 August 2013}}. Arl.org. Retrieved on 3 December 2011.</ref><ref>[http://scu.edu.au/library/index.php/138 Open Access for Scholarly Publishing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519213205/http://scu.edu.au/library/index.php/138|date=19 May 2014}}. Southern Cross University Library. Retrieved on 14 March 2014.</ref> Librarians and library associations also develop and share informational resources on scholarly publishing and open access to research; the Scholarly Communications Toolkit<ref>[http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunicationtoolkit/toolkit.htm ALA] Scholarly Communication Toolkit {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908035323/http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunicationtoolkit/toolkit.htm|date=8 September 2005}}</ref> developed by the [[Association of College and Research Libraries]] of the [[American Library Association]] is one example of this work.

At most universities, the library manages the institutional repository, which provides free access to scholarly work by the university's faculty. The [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries]] has a program<ref>[http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/carl-institutional-repository-program.html CARL – Institutional Repositories Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607213902/http://carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/carl-institutional-repository-program.html|date=7 June 2013}}. Carl-abrc.ca. Retrieved on 12 June 2013.</ref> to develop institutional repositories at all Canadian university libraries. An increasing number of libraries provide [[Library publishing|publishing]] or hosting services for open access journals, with the Library Publishing Coalition as a membership organisation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lippincott |first=Sarah |date=5 July 2016 |title=The Library Publishing Coalition: organizing libraries to enhance scholarly publishing |url=http://insights.uksg.org/jms/article/download/uksg.296/557 |url-status=live |journal=Insights |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=186–191 |doi=10.1629/uksg.296 |issn=2048-7754 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721094209/https://insights.uksg.org/jms/article/download/uksg.296/557 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |access-date=2 September 2019 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

In 2013, open access activist [[Aaron Swartz]] was posthumously awarded the American Library Association's [[James Madison Award]] for being an "outspoken advocate for public participation in government and unrestricted access to peer-reviewed scholarly articles".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kopfstein |first=Janus |date=13 March 2013 |title=Aaron Swartz to receive posthumous 'Freedom of Information' award for open access advocacy |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4099792/aaron-swartz-to-receive-posthumous-freedom-of-information-award-for |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315223429/http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4099792/aaron-swartz-to-receive-posthumous-freedom-of-information-award-for |archive-date=15 March 2013 |access-date=24 March 2013 |website=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2013 |title=James Madison Award |url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/james-madison-award |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322035516/http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/james-madison-award |archive-date=22 March 2013 |access-date=24 March 2013 |publisher=Ala.org}}</ref> In March 2013, the entire editorial board and the editor-in-chief of the ''[[Journal of Library Administration]]'' resigned en masse, citing a dispute with the journal's publisher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brandom |first=Russell |date=26 March 2013 |title=Entire library journal editorial board resigns, citing 'crisis of conscience' after death of Aaron Swartz |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4149752/library-journal-resigns-for-open-access-citing-aaron-swartz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231215050/http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4149752/library-journal-resigns-for-open-access-citing-aaron-swartz |archive-date=31 December 2013 |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=The Verge}}</ref>  One board member wrote of a "crisis of conscience about publishing in a journal that was not open access" after the death of Aaron Swartz.<ref>{{Cite web |last=New |first=Jake |date=27 March 2013 |title=Journal's Editorial Board Resigns in Protest of Publisher's Policy Toward Authors |url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/journals-editorial-board-resigns-in-protest-of-publishers-policy-toward-authors/43149 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108055058/http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/journals-editorial-board-resigns-in-protest-of-publishers-policy-toward-authors/43149 |archive-date=8 January 2014 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bourg |first=Chris |date=23 March 2013 |title=My short stint on the JLA Editorial Board |url=http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla-editorial-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824063817/http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla-editorial-board/ |archive-date=24 August 2014 |website=Feral Librarian |quote=It was just days after Aaron Swartz' death, and I was having a crisis of conscience about publishing in a journal that was not open access}}</ref>