What is the intended impact of BOAI on libraries that wish to acquire and curate all kinds of literature?
We do not call on libraries to stop acquiring or curating priced literature of any kind. We do not call on libraries to change their serials policies, since they already take price into account alongside other criteria such as usage and impact. We do not call on libraries to cancel subscriptions based on price alone or to put price above other criteria. We do not ask libraries to boycott any kind of literature or any kind of publisher. The BOAI is about a particular kind of access to a particular body of literature. It is entirely compatible with other kinds of access to other bodies of literature. Even for the body of literature that concerns us, much of it will not be accessible in the way we desire for some time. Libraries should serve their patrons today by offering them the literature they need, and support them tomorrow by helping us make more and more of that literature freely available. In addition to supporting open-access journals, libraries can advance this cause by assistin
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