How much of your paid content is open access?
VALA2024 CONCURRENT SESSION 06 – SHOW US YOUR TECH Vendor Session
Wednesday 10th July 2024, 11.25-11.55am
Rick Branham
- Vice President of Pre-Sales Solutions & Academic Library Initiatives
- SirsiDynix
Presentation
Show us your Tech – Vendor
Abstract
CloudSource OA—a new content and discovery platform from SirsiDynix—aggregates and fully exposes the global body of open access (OA) articles and open educational resources (OER). The index currently includes more than 60M open articles, eBooks, and other learning resources. The metadata is enriched with more detailed publication information, subjects, abstracts, related materials, and reviews. In addition, helpful widgets deliver permalinks, citation management, links to the publisher page, and more. Unlike Google Scholar and other discovery providers, CloudSource OA resources contain one-click access to full text—no user authentication required and no wading through millions of irrelevant results with misleading links. CloudSource OA offers a free collection analysis that reveals exactly how much of your subscription content is open access, including a detailed breakdown of your subscriptions by package, journal title, and subjects.
Biography
Rick has decades of experience with SirsiDynix including support, product management, business development, marketing, and sales. Formerly leading the Asia Pacific region, he now drives SirsiDynix’s vision and strategy for Academic libraries. He also leads the Pre-Sales group, utilizing the BLUEcloud platform’s robust extensibility to develop creative and innovative solutions for libraries. Rick also leads our new Content Solutions team, leveraging the vast body of global open access content for the CloudSource platform.
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