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Record Nr.

UNINA9910409843903321

Autore

Pinfield Stephen

Titolo

Open access in theory and practice : the theory-practice relationship and openness / / Stephen Pinfield, Simon Wakeling, David Bawden, and Lyn Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2020

ISBN

0-429-27684-2

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

070.5/7973

Soggetti

IT, Internet & electronic resources in libraries

Library & information services

Bibliothèques

Édition en libre accès

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Foundations: Open Access -- Open Access: Beginnings and Developments -- Open Access: Components and Relationships -- Part 2: Foundations: Theory and Practice -- Theory: Definitions and Disciplines -- Theory and Practice: Relationships and Gaps -- Part 3: Perspectives: Theory in Research -- Theory in Open Access Studies: Scoping and Analysing -- Theory in Open Access Studies: Using and Generating -- Part 4: Perspectives: Theory in Action -- Theory in Open Access Practice: Theorising and Acting -- Theory in Open Access Practice: Engaging and Evading -- Part 5: Integrations: Theory, Practice, and Open Access -- Theory and Practice: Barriers and Bridges -- Open Access: Debates and Priorities -- Conclusion: Open Access in Theory and Practice.

Sommario/riassunto

"Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship
in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs.
Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as
well as data collected in detailed interviews with practitioners,



policymakers,
and researchers, the book discusses what constitutes “theory”, and how the
role of theory is perceived by both theorists and practitioners. Exploring the
ways theory and practice have interacted in the development of OA, the
authors discuss what this reveals about the nature of the OA phenomenon
itself and the theory-practice relationship.
Open Access in Theory and Practice contributes to a better understanding of
OA and, as such, should be of great interest to academics, researchers, and students
working in the fields of information science, publishing studies, science
communication, higher education policy, business, and economics. The book
also makes an important contribution to the debate of the relationship between
theory and practice in information science, and more widely across different
fields of the social sciences and humanities."