Open Access zwischen Community-Arbeit und Sammlungsmanagement

Ein Praxisbericht

Abstract

This article examines the effects of open access at academies of fine art. It focuses on the interplay between community work and collection development. Based on case studies, chances and challenges are explained. This adds a new, university-centered view to the established connotations of “publish and read”: By investing in dedicated communities and making content (in this case artistic and creative) and works accessible (publish), libraries can not only develop and expand their own collections and share these with others (read). They also create added value, such as citability, which in turn supports the artists and designers and also serves good scientific practice. The relevance of stable persistent identifiers, citability, and re-usability of works, including the history of how they were used and referenced, is increasingly important. This is not only due to the requirements of artistic research, PhD programs, and appointment procedures, but also due to bibliometric methods for measuring performance and scholarly outcome quantitatively.