OpenAccess - HOME g_fra : #oaweek cartoon made by... Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Cambridge - #openaccess The current standard of “debate” is unacceptable; arrogant and ignorant « petermr's blog I have my head down and am trying to write code – to liberate knowledge (and I haven’t forgotten #scholrev!) but occasionally have to break off and blog. Simply: the standard of debate (if it can be called such) in #openaccess is appalling. Twitter retweeted “An interestingly well-balanced critique of the dash for #openaccess“ Linked to (PSA = Political Studies Association). It was neither well-balanced nor correct. Before we start let me point out that I am (a) a member of CC Science Advisory Board (b) a scientist and (c) a member of the Open Knowledge Foundation Advisory Board. In addition to this, the PSA has also given evidence to the RCUK call for pre-consultation and that of HEFCE. This is completely wrong. In other words, academics are expected to pay an article processing charge (APC) to a publisher of up to $3,000, and then there is the possibility of additional page charges. I don’t even understand this.
Home « PEER I would like an explanation for why it costs $585 to email an open-access article May 23, 2012 My mind was blown yesterday by a tweet from Stuart Shieber: [Screenshot, for when case Twitter decides the original tweet is too old to be worth keeping around any more.] At first I didn’t believe it. But I found the relevant article (Reovirus-Mediated Cytotoxicity and Enhancement of Innate Immune Responses Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia) and went through the Permissions process for myself. You think I’m making this up, but I’m not. Go to the article.Note that it is in a journal called BioResearch Open Access.Oh, and note that the journal describes itself as “fully open access”.Click on the Permissions link in the Publication Tools pane at top right.Fill in the repeatedly-reloading form as in the screenshot above: send in an email / academic / full article / no / 1 / USD – $ and click QUICK PRICE.Feast your eyes, gloat your soul, on the $585 charge. I was so shocked by this that I wrote to the Editor-in-Chief, with a copy to the Managing Editor. Dear Dr Taylor Best wishes Jane
World Bank stakes leadership position by announcing Open Access Policy and launching Open Knowledge Repository under Creative Commons Diane Peters, April 10th, 2012 The World Bank has announced a new Open Access Policy! Effective July 1, 2012, the Open Access Policy requires that all research outputs and knowledge products published by the Bank be licensed Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) as a default. Today, as the first phase of this policy is unfolded, the Bank launched a new Open Knowledge Repository with more than 2,000 books, articles, reports and research papers under CC BY. “Knowledge is power. CC BY is the most permissive Creative Commons license, allowing others to reuse, remix and redistribute works, even commercially, as long as attribution is given to the copyright holder. Lawrence Lessig, Board member and co-founder of Creative Commons, says, “The World Bank is not only leading by embracing the principles of open access. The Open Access Policy reinforces scholarship norms. To learn how this exciting new move builds on the Bank’s other open efforts, read the press release.
Guide to Creative Commons » OAPEN-UK An output of the OAPEN-UK project, this guide explores concerns expressed in public evidence given by researchers, learned societies and publishers to inquiries in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and also concerns expressed by researchers working with the OAPEN-UK project. We have also identified a number of common questions and have drafted answers, which have been checked by experts including Creative Commons. The guide has been edited by active researchers, to make sure that it is relevant and useful to academics faced with making decisions about publishing. This guide is made available in open access using a CC BY licemce. Except where otherwise noted, this work ‘Guide to Creative Commons for Humanities and Social Science Monograph Authors’ by JISC Collections is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique En 2011, les Recteurs des universités de la Communauté française et le F.R.S.-FNRS ont émis le souhait de voir mener une étude sur le développement de l'Open Access en Belgique francophone et ont décidé de confier la réalisation de celle-ci à la "Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique" (BICfB). Un rapport leur sera présenté au printemps 2012, lors de la prochaine Assemblée générale de la BICfB. Les Recteurs et le F.R.S. Si vous êtes enseignant ou chercheur dans une université de la Communauté française de Belgique et que vous participez activement à la vie et au développement d'une revue scientifique librement accessible (publiée par de grands éditeurs Open Access, des éditeurs commerciaux ou simplement accessible via des plates-formes de publication scientifique en ligne), merci de prendre le temps de compléter le formulaire ci-dessous. L'enquête est désormais clôturée.
Essay on open access scholarship We are the provosts of 11 large research universities that engage in over $5.6 billion of funded research each year. That research is directed at serving the public good through medical advances, improved defense systems, enhanced agricultural and industrial productivity, technological innovation, and reasoned social policy. In the aggregate, the outcomes of this research fuel America’s global leadership, improve the quality of life in our communities, and enrich the educational experience of our students. While the collective portfolio of federally funded research undertaken by our universities incontrovertibly strengthens our country, the research process itself is strengthened by an academic culture that encourages the free and open exchange of ideas among scholars. Scholarship finds meaning through — and is continuously improved by — open sharing, critical assessment of peers, and incorporation into subsequent work. Support for Open Access Local agendas for change