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In this essay we reflect on the role of the university librarian as a disseminating agent and provider of access to scientific information in Argentina. First, we present problems that arise in professional practice and generate dilemmas: the tension between the right of access to information and intellectual property; our imaginary on open access and the way in which we disseminate it into the academic community, facing the rules of the scientific field that researchers must follow to progress in their careers; and the relationship with commercial providers in front of our convictions about the way forward to achieve the democratization of access to scientific knowledge. After the debate on these dilemmas, where we brought to the dialogue our own experiences and those of colleagues, as well as those found in the consulted literature, we discuss some aspects to rethink our role in the academy, putting the focus of attention on our social function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present the dossier "On open access to open science: progress and reflections at the age of 17 of the BOAI", in which we review some of the recent initiatives that have emerged around the world to advance the realization of the expected open access to scientific literature, with special emphasis on the Latin American region. At the same time, a summary of the articles included in the dossier is presented, the first referring to the role of libraries in the Open Access and Open Science processes, and the rest dedicated to the analysis of different situations in three Latin American countries: Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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