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Undergraduate students’ use of shadow libraries as counter-enclosure of knowledge

Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi

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Title Undergraduate students’ use of shadow libraries as counter-enclosure of knowledge
 
Creator Paskalis, Stanislaus Axel
Putrawidjoyo, Alfredo
 
Subject Shadow library
enclosurement of knowledge
science dependent community
 
Description Introduction. University students rely on heavily on academic literature, however, paywalls frequently stifle its access. To circumvent this limitation, they use shadow libraries, an unofficial archive of academic resources freely available online. We investigated how Universitas Gadjah Mada students use shadow libraries to mitigate the lack of access their institutions provide.
Data collection methods. We collected data using an online survey involving 398 Universitas Gadjah Mada students to gather descriptive statistical data on the usage of shadow libraries and a literature study.
Data analysis. We analyzed quantitative data with statistics processing software (Stata) and coded the open-ended qualitative responses.
Results and Discussion. Students use shadow libraries because shadow libraries are more accessible and offer more access to literature than university library. They use shadow libraries despite their ambivalence due to shadow libraries’ legality. Moreover, some students also support shadow libraries, using them as part of an active effort to counter the enclosure of scholarly goods.
Conclusion. Our findings show that shadow libraries have used a main alternative platform to access collections that are not available at the university library.
 
Publisher Perpustakaan Universitas Gadjah Mada
 
Date 2022-12-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/v3/BIP/article/view/4546
10.22146/bip.v18i2.4546
 
Source Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi; Vol 18 No 2 (2022): December; 189-203
2477-0361
1693-7740
10.22146/bip.v18i2
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/v3/BIP/article/view/4546/2097
 
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