Open access has scaled rapidly, but the systems designed to surface it have not kept pace, resulting in discovery gaps, version ambiguity, and broken links for researchers. How can your library navigate the fragmented OA discovery landscape and maintain reliable discovery pathways as you evolve?
Join us for this free, 30-minute Master Class. We’ll explore how issues such as metadata quality, link stability, platform sprawl, and version clarity affect researchers’ ability to find and use open scholarship and why addressing these challenges consistently requires sustained infrastructure and coordination.
Attendees will:
- Examine how OA growth has outpaced discovery infrastructure and indexing practices.
- Identify common barriers to effective OA discovery, including metadata quality, versioning, and rights clarity.
- Explore the role of intentional curation in improving usability and trust in OA collections.
- Learn how CloudSource OA—a robust discovery platform with 70M open access resources—supports strategic OA collection development and improved user discovery.
Begin the year with a clearer understanding of OA discovery challenges and practical approaches for addressing them in 2026. Register today.
Note: We will offer certificates of completion for this OA Master Class and all future Master Classes! Join us live (or on demand) to receive one immediately following the webinar.
Maryśka Connolly
MLIS, CloudSource Director of Partnerships & Communications, SirsiDynix
Rick Branham
Senior Vice President, Sales Support, Academic & Content Solutions, SirsiDynix