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Collaborative Partnerships between Libraries and Scholarly Journals: Building Innovative Relationships for Open Access

Concurrent 4C: Collaborative Partnerships between Libraries and Scholarly Journals: Building Innovative Relationships for Open Access

As the importance of open access continues to grow, there remains no clear consensus on the ideal model to sustain scholarly publishing while making content openly accessible. Can a model be found that meets the needs of both scholarly publishers and university libraries? The Érudit Consortium and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) are exploring one solution to this challenge through a strategic partnership, which aims to address two major challenges: the fragility of the Canadian scholarly publishing environment and the increasing pressure from libraries and funding agencies for scholarly journals to move towards open access. The session will present the perspectives of the two partner organizations and outline the common goals, objectives and strategies used to implement the partnership.