Open Letter(s) on Open Access

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Summary:

It is well known that one major obstacle to achieving open access (OA) is misunderstanding among stakeholders; some say it is the biggest problem of all. Throughout the supply-chain of producing and consuming scholarly literature, many participants—especially authors—understand the broader objectives of OA but not the practical steps they can take to help increase the accessibility of research. The purpose of “Open Letter(s) on Open Access” (OLOA) is to provide initial examples of communications that illustrate such steps. We do so by examining sets of well-regarded academic sources and evaluating the various paths that authors choose as a means of sharing their works with others, including Gold OA, Green OA, hybrid options, uploading to academic social media sites, deposits to institutional repositories, and so on. The letter(s) then offer commentary on the sharing practices and possibilities we discover. As the plural in the title suggests, OLOA is explicitly unexhaustive and reiterative, an example that others can copy and improve upon; thus, a key part of the project is to produce a set of processes that can be used by anyone interested in educating researchers about ways to advance sustainable accessibility. These proceedings of our presentation at the Charleston Conference 2018 articulate our central goals, summarize the work we have done so far, and suggest future directions for the project. Just as the digital information and scholarly landscape is constantly changing, our work is always in progress.

Link:

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/charleston/2018/scholarlycommunication/11/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.outreach oa.advocacy

Date tagged:

11/11/2019, 12:04

Date published:

11/11/2019, 07:04