Open Access in China and its Effect on Academic Libraries Original Research Article

OA is to become the future of academic library exchanges in China. With the governmentʹs support and promotion of OA, more and more Chinese academic libraries have been committed to participating in OA. The rapid development of OA not only has changed the model of traditional scholarly communication and brought a free communication environment of scholarly information, but also continues to impact on all aspects of academic libraries, including their role, collections, technology and services.