The advent of open access (OA) has changed the scholarly communication landscape resulting in disruption of traditional relationships between different stakeholders. Thus, the gatekeeping role of academic librarians has been impaired. However, by assuming the role of gate-openers, librarians have become facilitators of OA uptake in the United Arab Emirates. Results of the UAE librarians survey show that they are aware of OA routes and predatory journals; they are using different instruction methods to educate users on OA resources and publishing; and they harness OA resources along the traditional subscription-based products. Readers of international library journals need to be aware of efforts undertaken by their peers to advance OA mandate outside the Eastern European and North American context, often dominating scholarly communication studies.

开放获取 (OA) 的出现改变了学术交流格局，从而破坏了不同利益相关者之间的传统关系。因此，学术图书馆员的守门人作用已被削弱。然而，通过承担开门者的角色，图书馆员已成为阿拉伯联合酋长国采用 OA 的促进者。阿联酋图书馆员调查结果表明，他们了解 OA 途径和掠夺性期刊；他们使用不同的教学方法对用户进行 OA 资源和出版教育；他们利用基于订阅的传统产品的 OA 资源。国际图书馆期刊的读者需要了解他们的同行为在东欧和北美范围之外推进 OA 任务所做的努力，这些努力通常主导着学术传播研究。