... preservation. Originality/value This study provides methodological and empirical findings for advancing the practices of OA book publishing, preservation and research. Metadata Preservation Publishing Indexing Monographs Open access Making academic content openly available for everyone...

...Christopher Walton; Anne Morris Purpose The aims of this paper are to: investigate the citation‐patterns of monograph books in taxonomic botany (looking mainly at publications and publishers, and the age of current literature); and make recommendations for collections management and reference...

...John W. East Purpose Scholarly monographs are a major information resource in the humanities. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of abstracting and indexing (A&I) databases and library catalogues (OPACs) for subject retrieval of these monographs. Design/methodology...