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Teach a scientist to be open and you feed science for a lifetime. Anon

Publicly funded research should be permanently archived, immediately upon publication on the internet, at no cost to the contributors and without any access restrictions to the public, as a condition for current research evaluation and future research funding.

BEFORE OPEN ACCESS
Publication/Subscription fees that put enormous pressure on researcher and library budgets

AFTER OPEN ACCESS
No publication/subscription fees which releases additional funds for researcher and library budgets

1 What is wrong with science today?
2 What is Open Access?
3 Types of Open Access
4 Copyright
5 A Brief History
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Journal Costs
6 Policy Formulation
7 Open Access Literature
- 7.1 UNESCO Books for Librarians
- 7.2 UNESCO Books for Researchers
8 Policies
9 Conceptual Origins
- 9.1 Founding Open Access Statements
10 Advocacy
11 Open Access applied at Stellenbosch University
12 Open Access and Open Science
13 Graphics
14 Tweets/Blogs

What is wrong with science today?

Please watch the video below for a humorous explanation;

What is Open Access?

Please watch the introductory videos below:

http://youtu.be/GMIY_4t-DR0 - Scientist meets Publisher
http://youtu.be/lfsZ7DwsMWc - Accelerating Impact
http://youtu.be/1fCbZV_iIRs - Hacking The Academy: Leslie Chan at TEDxUTSC
http://youtu.be/8OhdZFZ9x0w - 20th anniversary of Bioline International
http://youtu.be/G55hlnSD1Ys - How Open Access Empowered a 16-Year-Old to Make Cancer Breakthrough
http://youtu.be/xMDBl6fQlvo - Carlos Rossel - Empowering Development: Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank
http://youtu.be/OKDxsAkqVh4 - Rebirth of science: Bernard Rentier at TEDxLiege

Watch the video below:

Types of Open Access

Below are the generally accepted definitions of the types of open access. Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access

GOLD

BORN OPEN - Articles are public at the moment of publication, without payment of any article processing fees by contributors, and are then permanently archived via an institutional repository.

GREEN

EMERGE OPEN - Articles that were previously published under an embargo or pay-wall or both, are then made public and permanently archived via an institutional repository.

FOOL'S GOLD

PAY TO PUBLISH - Articles are public at the moment of publication after payment of an article processing fee by contributors, and are then permanently archived via an institutional repository.

PLEASE SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_open_access_publishing

Copyright

Click on the heading above.

A Brief History

Introduction

A subversive proposal written by Steven Harnard in 1994, precipitated later by the serials bundle crisis, led to the beginning of the open access movement and the creation of institutional research/subject repositories.

For a detailed timeline, please view: http://symplectic.co.uk/open-access-timeline

Journal Costs

Policy Formulation

An open access policy is usually for the repository director to formulate in collaboration with the research offices and top institutional management.

UNESCO Books for Librarians

UNESCO Books for Researchers

Policies

Database

http://roarmap.eprints.org

Research Councils

2014 - ICSU - REPORT ON OPEN ACCESS

Funders

Global Research Council - Action Plan

ARC - Australia - Policy

CAS - China - Policy

ERC - Europe - Guidelines

Tri-Agency - Canada - Policy

NRF - South Africa - Statement

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Institutional

International

National

Conceptual Origins

Founding Open Access Statements

Advocacy

Citation Benefits

Also see: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Electronic_Citation_Persistence and http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Web_Analytics

The Open Access Citation Advantage

Click on the heading above.

Also see: http://www.eigenfactor.org

Communities of Practice

Wenger, et al (2002) defines a Community of Practice (COP) as a group of people who share a common interest and who come together to fulfil both individual and group goals.

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