Open Access, Journal, Institutional Repository and Beyond
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Presentation at the Scholarly Communication Retreat, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. Oct.6, 2015. This talk is a personal perspective on Open Access and what I see as the key impetus for engaging in open access practices. I highlight some recent innovations, both in terms of tools and modes of collaborative research enabled by OA. I also highlight recent developments in financial models in support of OA journal and monograph publishing.
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Open Access, Journal, Institutional Repository and Beyond
- 1. Journal, Institutional Repository, and Beyond Leslie Chan Centre for Critical Development Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media Scholarly Communication Retreat St. Michael’s University University of Toronto Oct. 6, 2015
- 2. What I am going to talk about… • My understanding of Open Access (OA) • Impetus for OA • Changing landscape of scholarly communication • Options available to you • Examples • Your questions
- 3. 350 year of publication
- 4. Figure 1. Unequal contribution and participation in science. Chan L, Kirsop B, Arunachalam S (2011) Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development. PLoS Med 8(3): e1001016. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosmedicine/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016
- 7. Centre Could Open Access change the current power structure of global scientific production and dissemination? Periphery Periphery open access creates the potential for new spaces for collaboration and co-creation of knowledge
- 8. Fig 4. Percentage of papers published by the five major publishers, by discipline of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1973–2013. Larivière V, Haustein S, Mongeon P (2015) The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital Era. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0127502. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127502 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosone/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0127502
- 10. “An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good.” Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002 http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read
- 11. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
- 12. OA is possible because scholarly communication is a form of peer production in the gift economy.
- 13. OA is compatible with traditional peer review, but it also opens possibilities for other forms of quality control, evaluation, and assessment.
- 14. OA expands the boundaries of research, our peer networks, and promotes closer linkage between teaching, learning, and research.
- 16. Above all, OA provides expanded opportunities for scholarly participation that are inclusive, collaborative, and innovative.
- 17. But…
- 20. And obsession with prestige and ranking
- 21. • Journal pages with IF http://www.journals.elsevier.com/world-development/
- 27. The IF are more eff http://iai.asm.org/content/early/201 1/08/08/IAI.05661- 11.full.pdf+html?view=long&pmid=2 1825063
- 28. Impetus for OA • Bottom up - Scholars and Librarians driven – Taking back control of knowledge production • Top down - Policy and Grant Makers driven – Funding research for public good • Middle – Linking the top down and bottom up approaches
- 30. Minister Holder Announces New Open Access Policy for Research Canadians will have free online access to research funded by NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR February 27, 2015– Toronto Making research results as widely available and accessible as possible is an essential part of advancing knowledge and maximizing the impact of publicly-funded research for Canadians. Increased access to the results of publicly-funded research can spur scientific discovery, enable better international collaboration and coordination of research, enhance the engagement of society and support the economy.
- 32. OA is not cost free, and there are different mechanisms and strategies for achieving OA.
- 33. It is now common to speak of two forms of OA. – Green OA, or author self-archiving – Gold OA, or publishing in native OA journals
- 36. The PeerJ Model – Pay Once, Publish For Life Undergraduates publish for free
- 50. Informal feedback / Q&A Evaluation / ALMs Formal optional open peer-review Contribution points / profile pages
- 53. No author fee
- 57. Jeroen Bosman & Bianca Kramer Utrecht University Libraryhttps://innoscholcomm.silk.co/ 101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication
- 60. Open Science workflow https://innoscholcomm.silk.co/page/Open-Science
- 61. “what is legitimate knowledge and how to structure our institutions around questions of its generation, conservation, transmission and value-addition – including reinterpretation” https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/innovative-and- engaging-communications Gisèle Yasmeen, Innovative and Engaging Communications
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