21st Century Library: Access for All
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The document discusses the evolution of 21st-century academic libraries in South Africa, emphasizing the need for open access to resources. It highlights the importance of creative commons licenses and free educational resources in overcoming copyright limitations that restrict access. Furthermore, it advocates for librarianship that facilitates the promotion and use of these resources to ensure equitable access to knowledge for all.
![21 st Century Academic Library in South Africa “ Access for all @ your library” Prof Derek W. Keats Deputy Vice Chancellor (Knowledge & Information Management) The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg http://kim.wits.ac.za [email_address] 16-21 March 2009 South African Library Week](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/library-week-090318132309-phpapp01/85/21st-Century-Library-Access-for-All-1-320.jpg)
21st Century Library: Access for All
- 1. 21 st Century Academic Library in South Africa “ Access for all @ your library” Prof Derek W. Keats Deputy Vice Chancellor (Knowledge & Information Management) The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg http://kim.wits.ac.za [email_address] 16-21 March 2009 South African Library Week
- 2. I was born on an island in the North Atlantic Ocean
- 3. I grew up in Gambo, a small town 300 km from the Newfoundland capital, St. John's
- 4. And went to school at Smallwood Academy in Dark Cove
- 5. One month after my 17 th birthday I had to leave Gambo and travel down the Trans Canada Highway ... to St. John's ...
- 6. ... to study Marine Biology at Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 7. The library aggregated content resources into a physical location
- 8. The library aggregated content resources into a physical location Aggregation
- 9. Education as an industrial process - Graham Attwell
- 11. Classrooms aggregate demand to scarce supply
- 12. Traditional libraries aggregate scarce content resources ...and do things that enable people to locate and use them
- 14. Opening access in the 21 st Century
- 15. What is scarce in the 21 st Century?
- 16. Copyright with all rights reserved creates scarcity and limits access
- 17. Not all content needs all rights reserved or to be scarce to be valuable.
- 20. Traditional proprietary publishing Open access / Free Licensing
- 21. Libraries and access for all Facilitate locating open access journals Special focus on those that permit reuse Help users find content that they can reuse for their own purposes (Free and Open Educational Resources) The discipline of librarianship Explain an promote the use of Free licenses for academic content
- 22. Drive institutional policies on reuse
- 23. Maintain and promote Institutional repositories Market the rights and options for academics to use them
- 24. Encourage licenses that promote reuse
- 25. Attribution file: http://www.dkeats.com/usrfiles/users/ 1563080430/attribution/attrib.txt