The open access (OA) movement found early success in the scholarly and scientific community, but those victories can span well beyond the academic realm. Public libraries—many of which are on the front lines battling misinformation—need this type of quality, reliable information now more than ever.

How can open access resources serve the varied needs of your community and save your library money?

In this episode of AL Live, sponsored by SirsiDynix’s CloudSource, you’ll learn more about the public library’s role in the OA movement and discover how CloudSource OA—the first truly content-neutral platform to aggregate the global body of OA and OER content—can help make access to quality, peer-reviewed resources an achievable part of your content strategy.

Together we will explore:

• How the egalitarian roots of the OA movement mirror the public library.
• How OA and open educational resources (OER) can be tools to combat misinformation.
• Ways that OA helps counter income inequality, leveling the playing field.
• How OA can help during a time of shrinking library budgets.
• Ways to leverage CloudSource OA to help cultivate lifetime library patrons

Register today. See how CloudSource OA can put credible, timely resources into the hands of every patron, at every library—with one click and no authentication required.