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A introduction to how the system of publication works, the people locked out of it and finally how we can change it.
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- 1. Taking control of the publishing system you will inherit Joe McArthur - @Mcarthur_Joe Assistant Director, Right to Research Coalition Co-founder and Co-Lead of the Open Access Button
- 2. Launched in Summer 2009. Built around the Student Statement on the Right to Research: access to research is a student right International alliance of 77 graduate & undergraduate student organizations, representing nearly 7 million students We Educate + Advocate for Open Access
- 3. What’s the plan? www.righttoresearch.org
- 5. What’s going on behind a paywall? www.righttoresearch.org
- 7. Average journal price in Health Sciences: Chemistry = $4,450 www.righttoresearch.org Physics Agriculture = $3,893 = $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
- 8. 425% 375% 325% 275% 225% 175% 125% 75% 25% -25% Graph 2 Monograph and Serial Costs in ARL Libraries, 1986-2011* Serial 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 % Change Since 1986 Source: ARL Statistics 2010-11 Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C. www.righttoresearch.org *Includes electronic resources from 1999-2000 onward. Expenditures (+402%) Monograph Expenditures (+71%) Monographs Purchased (10%)
- 9. 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 www.righttoresearch.org
- 10. Publishing is big business… www.righttoresearch.org
- 11. Date taken from on August 2nd https://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/
- 17. Is there a reason publishing should be this expensive? www.righttoresearch.org
- 18. 1914 Yes 2014 No Left: Image courtesy of Moyan Brenn - http://bit.ly/1veyL61 Right: Image courtesy of Nick Perla - http://bit.ly/1tAXRc5
- 19. 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
- 20. Shouldn’t our publishing system what we entrust to distribute the knowledge we work so hard to create share our values? www.righttoresearch.org
- 21. Shouldn’t our publishing system what we entrust to distribute the knowledge we work so hard to create meet our needs? www.righttoresearch.org
- 22. Free, immediate online access to scientific & scholarly articles with full reuse rights As defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative www.righttoresearch.org
- 23. What Open Access isn’t: • Low quality publication • Publication without peer review www.righttoresearch.org
- 24. • >9000 journals • 2000 Repositories www.righttoresearch.org
- 27. www.righttoresearch.org 168x faster 26,667x cheaper 400x more sensitive 100x more selective Current test (ELISA): $800, high false positives Jack’s test: $.03, >99% accuracy, 5 min
- 28. “I used [free, online articles] religiously. Just because, in most online databases, articles cost about $35, and there are only about 10 pages… My research should serve as a testament to free online research (...) It was hard to get what I needed without the costs. People should take note and because of this project, we should make a move toward more inexpensive or free online research.” - Jack Andraka Interview with Vancouver Observer www.vancouverobserver.com/world/how-aaron-swartz-paved-way-jack-andrakas-revolutionary-cancer-test
- 29. We need more Jack Andrakas www.righttoresearch.org
- 30. Students are setting the default to Open www.righttoresearch.org
- 31. Two paths to Open Access Self-archiving Open Access www.righttoresearch.org Journals
- 32. 1. Publish in an open-access journal www.righttoresearch.org X >9,700
- 33. 1. Publish in an open-access journal $ or $ www.righttoresearch.org
- 34. 2. Publish (almost) anywhere, deposit into an open-access repository www.righttoresearch.org X 2,000 http://www.sparc.arl.org/resources/authors/addendum
- 36. 1,000+ Congressional lobbying visits over the past 4.5 years www.righttoresearch.org
- 39. 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. www.righttoresearch.org
- 41. “…the degree of student initiative and engagement at UBC gives this issue a whole new impetus.” www.righttoresearch.org
- 42. So what can you do?
- 44. Open Access Week: October 20-26, 2014
- 46. So what else can you do? Today Help me test this After today • Talk about Open Access • Use the OpenAccessButton.org www.righttoresearch.org
- 47. My talk is over, but this is not Lack of access is not a problem that only affects one country, one continent, or one field of study. This is the generation to change that. We need your help. www.righttoresearch.org
- 48. Thank you! Joe@righttoresearch.org or @Mcarthur_Joe My slides, videos and more www.righttoresearch.org/learn/LSE-PhD-FOSTER
Editor's Notes
- 1. Talk about the Scholarly publishing system. 2. Go over what Open Access is, and why it’s so great. 3. Talk about what you can do can do as students, and what others have done.
- This is a feeling we’re all familiar with.
- For me, when I used to hit paywalls I just thought they were a fact of life. I never stopped to think what was going on behind the paywall, and very few people know or will ever tell you. So that’s what I’m going to do now.
- End with explaining that the systems works because everyone wants to get published. That means they can essentially charge a monopoly.
- This creates very high prices for journals… here are some averages
- So to re-cap, the reason you feel this is because of lalalala.
- But you’re not alone. Thousands of others feel the same way, across the world.
- These are someone the stories. Patients, Clinicians, Academics, Students, Librarians and teachers, all denied access to the research they need because of an archaic scholarly publishing system that is not fit for purpose.
- And it’s lead to and underground, culture of sharing research articles online. This is often illegal, and while many of us get away with it, some done.
- 4-8 years, 26 years old, studies biodiversity, at a small university, used to save up to make trips to a nearby city where he could access work.
- That is the human cost of putting a price tag on research, one of mankinds most fantastic assets. So we have to ask if there is a reason it’s so expense?
- If I was giving this talk in 1914, which would’ve been difficult since I’m relatively sure powerpoint didn’t exist… yes.
- Science, scholarship and all research is a about sharing and having impact. It’s unique in that scholars share their work, one of the most high quality works in the world, for impact, not for money and have their salaries paid in other ways. About involving people for the quality of their ideas – not whether they can pay.
- Talk about the need for computers to help.
- We need a change, and one of those changes is Open Access.
- So what progress as been made in the past 10-ish years?
- Numbers are great. When you allow everyone in – amazing. And if any of you are wondering what it looks like when you discover something …
- It looks a bit like this. This, consequently is also the feeling I felt when anything went well in the lab
- He was right to be pleased. The test he developed was…
- Make point about serendipity
- Students have been key to making this movement happen, in how they publish and in their advocacy.
- Mention the percentages
- In fact, they’ve done well over 1,000 meetings with Congressional offices since we’ve started working with them And they’re in DC right now braving the now to meet with Congressional offices today and tomorrow
- - Students helped convert the directive into action.
- - Students engaging scholarly societies
- Students touch every part of your campus; they’re an incredible resources to find supportive faculty, bring them together, show that Open Ed is a priority for them Here at UBC students have been pushing an Open Access policy <<EXPLAIN>> Similar action elsewhere: UNL (Promotion and Tenure), CU Boulder, University of Trondheim, elsewhere
- - Students engaging scholarly societies
- If you leave this hall and do thing else – follow Erins example
- Start to summarise.
- That’s why most of you are hear today. To learn how to become more open researchers, publish effectively, manage your data, measure your impact in a modern age. All key skills for your generation going forwards.