Characteristics and Trends of Overseas Library Open Access Activities During the Epidemic Period

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] The novel coronavirus pneumonia has accelerated the changes in the way of information resources construction and information acquisition, and has greatly stimulated the development of open access activities. To grasp the trend of information resources construction in the post epidemic era, we observed the open access developments during the epidemic period. [Method/Process] Using website survey method to obtain and analyze the overseas open access developments. [Results/Conclusions] During the epidemic period, the trend of open access was mainly reflected in six aspects: the large-scale increase of capital investment, the construction and improvement of network infrastructure, the opening and integration of network resources, the innovation of online resource service, the cooperation and co-construction of various departments and institutions, and the accelerating of the development of open access.

Keywords

• covid-19|open access|development trends|library service|resource construction