En el següent enllaç trobareu l'estudi de Taylor & Francis White Paper on Facilitating Discovery of Free Online Content que creiem que pot ser del vostre interès
http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/pdf/TF-whitepaper-free-resources.pdf
El resum que en fa l'editor és el següent:
The White Paper
As you may know Taylor & Francis recently commissioned research on facilitating discovery of free online content to understand the challenges that librarians face in facilitating access to free-to-view online resources, alongside the paid resources they are more traditionally used to managing. As a publisher of both types of content, we wanted to provide help and support for librarians in the new challenges that they face in their evolving roles.
Research Headlines
- 92% of librarians agree that free online resources are ‘very important’
- Librarians feel they are well-placed to provide expertise in free content selection and discovery
- 84% of respondents said that 10% or less of their time was currently devoted to indexing free online content
- Key challenges for librarians relating to making free resources more discoverable within their institutions are: volume growth, unknown permanence, and difficulties relating to quality assessment;
- The most important criteria for selection of free online access was relevance of that content to the institution’s activities but brand and reputation factors were also key.
- Librarians are already investing in understanding their user community needs and in developing their catalogue interfaces accordingly.