An Organizational Model for Increasing Access to the Scholarly Literature

Valentino et al. (2024) built a tiny team inside one ABA agency. The job: fetch full-text papers when staff asked.

They used a one-page form. Staff typed the question. The team found the article and emailed it back.

The system ran for seven years. The paper tells the story; no outcome data were collected.

The request form stayed busy. Staff kept asking for articles year after year.

The team filled every request. The agency kept using the service.

Rutter et al. (1987) did the same thing, but bigger. They built a statewide network of training, rules, and university links. Both papers show that small teams can keep behavior analysis alive when they stay simple and steady.

LeBlanc et al. (2018) add a safety layer. They tell agencies to start a research-review committee before running in-house studies. Valentino shows the first step: give staff the library first; the committee can come next.

McGee et al. (2019) say map the whole agency system before you add anything new. Valentino is a live example of a micro-system that slipped in without a giant map—and still lasted seven years.

You do not need a grant or a big project. Pick two curious staff, give them library passwords, and share a Google form. Start this week and you will have a culture that reads research before the month ends.