Current Initiatives for E-Journal Archives and Perpetual Access at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals |
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| Authors: | Zahiruddin Khurshid Jalal Ahmed Shaikh |
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| Institution: | 1. King Fahd University of Petroleum &2. Minerals , Dhahran, Saudi Arabia khurshid@kfupm.edu.sa;4. Minerals , Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The article discusses the need for initiatives to be undertaken by the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Library administration to acquire archives of and perpetual access to its subscribed electronic journals. It also reports the findings of a survey conducted to ascertain the publishers' positions on archiving services and the right to permanently access licensed materials paid for during the period of a license agreement. The findings are expected to help the library to plan for securing the right over a three-year period to ongoing access to the back files of journals from fifteen commercial and society publisher platforms. |
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| Keywords: | electronic journals archives perpetual access KFUPM Library journal aggregators |
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