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1、President’sMessage:OpenAccess/OpenDataColleenCuddyIamveryexcitedtowritethiscolumn.ThisissueofInformationTechnologyandLibraries(ITAL)marksthebeginningofaneweraforthejournal.ITALisnowanopen-access,electronic-onlyjournal.Therearemanypeopletothankforthistransition.TheLITAPub
2、licationsCommitteeledbyKristenAntelmandidathoroughanalysisofpublishingoptionsandpresentedathoughtfulproposaltotheLITABoard;theLITABoardhadtheforesighttopushforanopen-accessjournalevenifitmightmeanatemporaryrevenuelossforthedivision;BobGerrity,ITALeditor,hasenthusiastical
3、lysupportedthistransitionanddidtheheavyliftingtomakeithappen;andtheLITAofficestaffworkedtirelesslyforthepastyeartohelpshepherdthisproject.Iamproudtobeleadingtheorganizationduringthistime.ToseeITALgoopenaccessinmypresidentialyearisextremelygratifying.AsCliffLynchnotesinhi
4、seditorial,“thelibraryprofessionhasbeenslowtoopenupaccesstothepublicationsofitsownprofessionalsocieties,totakeadvantageofthegreaterreachandimpactthatsuchpoliciescanoffer.”Aslibrarianschallengepublisherstopursueopen-accessvenues,myselfincluded,Iamrelievedtonolongerbeahypo
5、crite.Bysupportingopenaccesswearesendingastrongmessagetothecommunitythatwebelieveinthebenefitsofopenaccessandweencourageotherlibraryorganizationstodothesame.ITALwillnowreachamuchbroaderandlargeraudience.Thiswillbenefitourauthors,theorganization,andthescholarshipofourprof
6、ession.Iunderstandthatwhileourmembersembraceopenaccess,noteveryoneispleasedwithanonline-onlyjournal.ThenumberofnewjournalsbeingofferedelectronicallyonlyisgrowingandIbelievewearebeginningtoseeadeclineinthedualpublishingmodelofpublishersandsocietiesofferingbothprintandonli
7、nejournals.Mylibraryhasbeencuttingbackconsistentlyonprintcopiesofjournalsandthisyearwillgetonlyahandfulofjournalsinprint.Personally,Ihaveembracedtheelectronicpublishingworld.Infact,IheldoffonsubscribingtoTheNewYorkeruntilithadaniPadsubscriptionmodel!IestimatethatIread95p
8、ercentofmybooksandallofmyprofessionaljournalselectronically.Therevolutionhashappenedformeandformanyothe