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http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/09/library-scholarship-not-widely-oa.htmlDoug Way, The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science Literature, College &#38; Research Libraries, preprint, August 27, 2009. Abstract:To examine the open access availability of Library and Information Science (LIS) research, a study was conducted using Google Scholar to search for articles from was 20 top LIS journals. The study examined whether Google Scholar was able to find any links to full text, if open access versions of the articles were available and where these articles were being hosted. The results showed the archiving of articles is not a regular practice in the field, articles are not being deposited in institutional or subject repositories at a high rate and the overall the percentage of available open access articles in LIS was similar to the findings in previous studies. In addition, the study found that Google Scholar is an effective tool for finding known LIS articles.From the article:... Of the 922 articles examined, OA versions were found for 253 articles. ...[...]If professionals in LIS are unwilling to archive their works in repositories, it should not be surprising that repositories face difficulties in recruiting content. ... More in German:?s=open+access+heuch