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The e-artexte digital repository: Promoting open access in the Canadian contemporary arts research and publishing community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Corina MacDonald*
Affiliation:
Artexte, 2 rue Ste. Catherine E., room 301, Montreal H2X 1K4, Quebec, Canada
Tomasz Neugebauer*
Affiliation:
Concordia University, Webster Library, room 341-3, 1400 de Maisonneuve, Blvd. W., Montreal H3G 1M8, Quebec, Canada
John Latour*
Affiliation:
Artexte, 2 rue Ste. Catherine E., room 301, Montreal H2X 1K4, Quebec, Canada
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Abstract

How can an open access publishing and distribution model benefit research in contemporary art? In 2013 Artexte, a non-profit organization dedicated to documenting contemporary art in Canada, launched the e-artexte open access digital repository to offer self-archiving services to publishers, authors and artists in Canadian contemporary art. Although the fine arts community has generally been slow to adopt open access, Canadian contemporary arts publishers, many of whom have small budgets and limited resources, are finding the open access e-artexte repository an effective means of increasing distribution of and access to their publications.

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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2014

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