?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=In+a+paperless+world+a+new+role+for+academic+libraries%3A+Providing+Open+Access&rft.creator=Bosc%2C+Helene&rft.creator=Harnad%2C+Stevan&rft.subject=Archives&rft.description=Academic+libraries+should+be+considered+research+tools%2C+co-evolving+with+technology.+The+Internet+has+changed+the+way+science+is+communicated+and+hence+also+the+role+of+libraries.+It+has+made+it+possible+for+researchers+to+provide+Open+Access+(OA)+(i.e.%2C+toll-free%2C+full-text%2C+on-line+access%2C+web-wide)+to+their+peer+reviewed+journal+articles+in+two+different+ways%3A+(1)+by+publishing+in+them+in+OA+journals+and+(2)+by+publishing+them+in+non-OA+journals+but+also+self-archiving+them+in+their+institutional+OA+Archives.+Librarians+are+researchers%E2%80%99+best+allies+in+both+of+these+OA+provision+strategies.+Some+of+the+best+examples+of+these+pioneering+libraries+are+described+in+this+article.+From+them+we+conclude+that+an+official+mandate+for+OA+provision+is+necessary+to+accelerate+the+growth+of+OA+%E2%80%93+and+thereby+the+growth+of+research+usage+and+impact+--+worldwide.+&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4200%2F1%2FboscharnadLP.htm&rft.format=other&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4200%2F2%2FboscharnadLP.doc&rft.identifier=++Bosc%2C+Helene+and+Harnad%2C+Stevan++(2005)+In+a+paperless+world+a+new+role+for+academic+libraries%3A+Providing+Open+Access.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4200%2F