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Wearing 'open' on your sleeve
The document discusses the challenges and financial burdens of academic publishing, highlighting that a significant portion of global research funding is spent on publishing inaccessible results. It emphasizes the importance of open access, which offers greater visibility and citation advantages for researchers. Various types of open access (gold and green) and resources for authors are also mentioned, advocating for informed engagement in the movement for more accessible research outputs.
Wearing 'open' on your sleeve
- 2. Jon Tennant -@protohedgehog
- 3. •Librarians: serials crisis •Researchers:more visibility •Economists: helps small businesses •Activists: it’s a moral issue •Publishers: money money money •Funders: money money money •Policymakers: have to resolve all of this Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 4. • Max Planckestimate ~8.4bn euros a year paid for by institutes • Research Information Network (2008) “We estimate that the global cost each year of undertaking and communicating the results of research reported in journal articles is £175bn, made up of £116bn for the costs of the research itself; £25bn for publication, distribution and access to the articles; and £34bn for reading them.” MPDI: http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/faces/viewItemOverviewPage.jsp?itemId=escidoc:2148961 RIN: http://www.rin.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/Activites-costs-flows-report.pdf Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 5. We spend 1/3of the total global research budget on publishing & communicating results that 99% of people cannot access. Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog http://whyopenresearch.org/ Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 6. Jon Tennant -@protohedgehog Source: http://roarmap.eprints.org/ Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
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- 8. •VSNU caved toElsevier and Wiley •UK Government spending millions •SciELO dominating Latin America •Battlefield in USA (CHORUS vs FASTR) •Check policies: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog http://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/241 http://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/243 http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/openaccess/ http://www.scielo.br/ http://sparcopen.org/our-work/fastr/ Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 9. Jon Tennant -@protohedgehog • “Gold” – instantaneous access at point of publishing • “Green” – Author archives a copy themselves http://www.righttoresearch.org/resources/Open ResearchGlossary/index.shtml Source: mysterious and unknown.. Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
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- 11. • 46/70 papersfound a citation advantage for OA papers • Get yourself noticed! Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog http://sparceurope.org/oaca/ http://whyopenresearch.org/ Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
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- 13. Jon Tennant -@protohedgehog Open Data: get citations http://whyopenresearch.org/ Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 14. False dichotomies? •“I canpick open, or pick my career..” •Have cake, eat it! • Know your rights! • “I can’t afford open access..” Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog http://www.sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/SPARC_AuthorRights2006_0.pdf Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
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- 16. Jon Tennant -@protohedgehog http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php • Check your pre-print privilege • ArXiv, BioRxiv, Zenodo, SSRN, PeerJ Preprints, Figshare – all free! • It’s your work – publish where you want Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 17. •Work with yourcolleagues – engage, don’t force •Start or join a local discussion group •Become informed and join debates •Practice what you preach •Join the OpenCon community Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog http://www.opencon2015.org/ Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
- 18. Jon Tennant -@protohedgehog Open access is so much more than just making research papers free Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog
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- 22. •Everyone benefits fromopen access •Open access wins all the arguments, all the time •Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about open •And then wear it on your sleeve! Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog