OA or Nonchalant: A Survey of Open Access Dissemination Initiatives of Higher Education Institution Library Websites and Systems in the Philippines

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the extent to which libraries are disseminating
open access (OA) through conducting a survey of the different library
websites and systems of higher education institution (HEI) libraries in the Philippines.
This also aims to identify the types, subject fields, quantity, and quality of the
OA resources shared by private and public HEI libraries in terms of the links they
embed in their websites and systems. The study employed a quantitative research
design focusing on website analysis. The findings revealed that many libraries have
established websites and systems that they use to embed information about OA
resources. Most OA resource links disseminated by HEI libraries are multidisciplinary,
and the majority of these are OA journals. Comparing the number of OA resources
advertised by HEI libraries, private institutions tend to share more links. From the
2,917 OA resources embedded in 312 library websites, the Directory of Open Access
Journals (DOAJ) topped the most shared OA resource