Tag Archives: Open Access
My Response to the UK parliament and BIS on Open Access; keep the CC-BY policy
I have responded to the UK’s BIS in its call for Open Access. Note that this takes a hell of a lot of energy – middle of the night in New Zealand after 10 days of commitment to materials Science Informatics. It’s incredibly draining of energy. Yet we have to keep going.petermr’s blog.
Tips for Sharing Great Open Educational Content
While the open content movement in education continues to gain steam, more teachers are starting to learn about free content they can use and adapt to their own needs for their classrooms.Mind / Shift.
Live Stream: Open Access seminar at UMinho University, Braga Portugal
The seminar lasts until tomorrow, February 8th, 2013.Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Inquiry into the Government’s Open Access Policy
Mike Taylor’s submission to the House of Commons inquiry on open access. He includes an executive summary and concludes:It is not the job of government to concern itself with challenges faced by the publishing community at the expense of other stakeholders. This assertion does not arise from hostility to publishers, but from a simple recognition of who the government serves.
High price of gold: How early career researchers will suffer
Early career researchers and other “poor” academics may be disadvantaged under the gold model of open access, evidence submitted to the Lords Science and Technology Committee has suggested.
Researchers opt to limit uses of open-access publications
In many parts of the world, anyone wishing to re-use papers must get permission from the copyright owner (usually either the publisher or the author). Often, the owner will forbid re-use or demand payment. Supporters of open access argue that free papers should come with licences attached, making it clear what kinds of re-use are allowed.Nature. See also the discussion following the article.
Open Access and the Complexity of Digital Rights
How should we use the internet? This question covers many issues. Should the sharing of all types of data be authorised? Who can access which data and under which conditions? Who should have oversight and control over it ?These questions and further aspects of the opportunities of and limitations to open access are described in this article. Read also this post on OKFN Blog about the Consequences, risks and side-effects of the license module “non-commercial use only”.
New initiative throws open access to Arabic science education
The Open Book Project (OBP) – a joint initiative between the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) and the US State Department – will focus mainly on science and technology. It came about after the first US-Arab League Dialogue last year.Nature.
Open Access: Yes the status quo really is that bad
A blog entry on sharing logins and files in scholarly publication. On Digging Digitally.Open Access from the Perspective of Young Researchers
The Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers (LSYR), the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium and the Association of Lithuanian Serials share the results of EIFL-funded project on educating young researchers on the benefits of open access and engaging them to become open access advocates in the country.
Contribute to the link list of open access sites
This blog tries via a growing link list to enable users and readers to contribute to unfold the variety of open access publishing sites.Three Things Students Can Do Now to Promote Open Access
The open access movement is a long-standing campaign in the world of research to make scholarly works freely available and reusable. One of its fundamental premises is that the progress of knowledge and culture happens scholarly works of all kinds are widely shared, not hidden in ivory towers built with paywalls and shorn by harsh legal regimes.
A new initiative: Open Library of Humanities (OLH)
“Welcome to the initial ideas hub for the Open LIbrary of Humanities (OLH): a project exploring a PLOS-style model for the humanities and social sciences. This site aims to give the background to and rationale for such a project along with an initial call for participants so that we can put a team together in Spring 2013. As a preliminary statement: we are not affiliated in any way with PLOS. This website will be used for the preliminary stages of developing the organisational structure of OLH, as we launch as a not-for-profit company, and in the run-up to launching the actual journal and database.”Bertelsmann launches open access platform
The focus is on publications in education, sociology and career development.
In German.
Open Access: journey without end?
The Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords, the second chamber in the UK parliament, met this week to hear evidence from various stakeholders on the implementation of government’s policy on open access.Stephen Curry relates.
How librarians can help widen access to research
Librarians play an important role in helping to change the ways research is disseminated.Librarians explain how libraries can help to advance to open access. The Guardian.
Why open access is better for scholarly societies
In fact, a general move to open access would be the best outcome for scholarly society publishers. If the entirety of journal publishing magically metamorphosed somehow to an open-access system, scholarly society publishers would be much better off. From a strategic point of view then, the best course of action for scholarly societies and for the faculty and researchers who support them would be to promote a shift to open access as widely and as quickly as possible.Blog entry.
Open access (seriously) – Part 1 & 2
Dirk Steinke, Director of Education and Outreach, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada, on the recent debate on open access strategies.World wide web creator sees open access future for academic publishing
Activists pushing for free, open access to academic papers will eventually defeat publishers who seek to lock scholarly findings behind paywalls, the founder of the world wide web said today. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who revolutionised the way we access information on the internet through the creation of the world wide web over 20 years ago, has been a vocal proponent for making data freely available while also protecting people’s privacy.
House of Lords Science & Technology committee discusses open access
Follow the discussion via stream.
Document here.
UK.
Academics revolt over open access
They bodies blamed lack of consultation on the policy and said the “author processing charge” institutions will now pay to publish their academics’ work increased financial burden on British universities. The letter also argued that the policy had been formed in response to the science, technology and engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and more consultation and “far fuller scrutiny” was needed by the government for the social sciences, arts and humanities (HSS) sector.
Mathematicians against high subscription fees
Who do the thoughts of scientists belong to?
Mathematicians choose new ways to publish their findings.
SPIEGEL Online. In German.