Open Knowledge Denmark Meetup
- 1. www.openaccessbutton.org blog.openaccessbutton.org [email protected] @OA_Button @davidecarroll
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- 7. $39,082 Robert Darnton, “The Library: Three Jeremiads,” New York Review of Books, December 23, 2010 http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/library-three-jeremiads
- 8. Average journal price in Health Sciences: Chemistry = $4,450 Physics = $3,893 Agriculture = $1,441 = $1,482 Source: Library Journal 2013 Periodicals Pricing Survey" “The Winds of Change | Periodicals Price Survey 2013,” by Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson. Library Journal, April 25, 2013: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/04/publishing/the-winds-of-change-periodicals-price-survey-2013
- 9. Source: Library Journal 2013 Periodicals Pricing Survey" “The Winds of Change | Periodicals Price Survey 2013,” by Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson. Library Journal, April 25, 2013: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/04/publishing/the-winds-of-change-periodicals-price-survey-2013
- 10. Graph 2 Monograph and Serial Costs in ARL Libraries, 1986-2011* % Change Since 1986 425% 313% 200% 88% -25% 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 Source: ARL Statistics 2010-11 Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C. *Includes electronic resources from 1999-2000 onward. Serial Expenditures (+402%) Monograph Expenditures (+71%) Monographs Purchased (10%)
- 11. " Publishing obscure academic journals is " that rare thing in the media industry: " “a license to print money.” The Economist, “Open Sesame,” April 14, 2012: http://www.economist.com/node/21552574
- 12. Publishing is big business… www.righttoresearch.org 40-50% 39%
- 13. Date taken from on August 2nd https://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/
- 14. Is there a reason publishing should be this expensive?
- 16. 80% " of research is " publicly " funded 1 Academic Publishing: Survey of funders supports the benign Open Access outcome priced into shares, HSBC Global Research, February 11, 2013: https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=RxArFbnG1P&n=360010.PDF 1
- 17. Free, immediate online access " to scientific & scholarly articles" with full reuse rights As defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative
- 19. Two paths to Open Access Self-archiving Open Access" Journals
- 20. 1. Publish (almost) anywhere, " deposit into an open-access repository X 2,000
- 22. 2. Publish in an open-access journal X >9,700
- 23. 2. Publish in an open-access journal $ or $
- 24. Setting the default to Open
- 25. 1,000+ " Congressional lobbying visits " over the past 4.5 years www.righttoresearch.org
- 28. June 25, 2012 i) confirms the importance of students having access to research journals and articles as part of their training;" " ii) notes the high cost to institutions and individuals when accessing scholarly literature;" " iii) proposes that this could hinder medical students in their development as ‘The Doctor as the Scientist’ as well as developing an evidence based clinical approach;" " iv) welcomes and endorses the Right To Research Coalition’s statement on Open Access to research literature.
- 30. “…the degree of student initiative and engagement at UBC gives this issue a whole new impetus.” www.righttoresearch.org
- 31. But what can you do?
- 32. www.righttoresearch.org 200,000+ views" bit.ly/OAexplained
- 33. www.righttoresearch.org Watch the Live Stream ! More info available at: www.opencon2014.org
- 34. Open Access Week: October 20-26, 2014
- 35. So what else can you do? • Student? Have your organisation join the R2RC" • Tell everyone you know" • Push for OA Policy at your institution" • Hold presentations & workshops on OA at meeting or conferences" • Start/join a new project on Open Access" • Publish Open Access" • Use OpenAccessButton.org www.righttoresearch.org
- 46. In summary • Tracks and maps denials of access to research" • Builds support and engagement for the open access movement" • Helps people get access to the research they need" • Open Source www.github.com/oabutton" • Open Data - Exciting things coming soon
- 48. A new tool Making it more useful to researchers" New and improved format" Revamping repositories and enabling access to research" Partnering with the Wikipedia community and others" A tool for campaigning" " 21st October 2014, 6pm BST" Livestreaming" " launch.openaccessbutton.org
- 49. What can I do? Collaborate Advise Use the Button Tell people about it act.openaccessbutton.org dev.openaccessbutton.org " " " Anything else? Hit me up at [email protected] and @OA_button