open access – Page 2 – Alyssa Arbuckle

On “Ten Hot Topics Around Scholarly Publishing,” by Jonathan Tennant et al.

November 7, 2019 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

Jonathan Tennant, Harry Crane, Tom Crick, Jacinto Davila, Asura Enkhbayar, Johanna Havemann, Bianca Kramer, Ryan Martin, Paola Masuzzo, Andy Nobes, Curt Rice, Bárbara Rivera-López, Tony Ross-Hellauer, Susanne Sattler, Paul D. Thacker, and Marc Vanholsbeeck present and explore 10 oft-debated issues in scholarly communication, in particular around open access publishing. They suggest that there are various misconceptions and differing opinions floating around in this realm, and hope to tackle some of these issues in order to bring more clarity to the…

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On “‘Is the Library Open?’: Correlating Unaffiliated Access to Academic Libraries with Open Access Support,” by Katie Wilson et al.

November 7, 2019 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

In this article Katie Wilson, Cameron Neylon, Chloe Brookes-Kenworthy, Richard Hosking, Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang, Lucy Montgomery, and Alkim Ozaygen assess the “openness” of a selection of 20 universities from 15 countries by focusing on the flexibility and availability of their libraries for unaffiliated users. The authors acknowledge that open access is growing worldwide, and is evident through an increase in publishing as well as institutional policies suggesting or even mandating open access to research. However, many of these same institutions…

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On “Copyright: The Immoveable Barrier that Open Access Advocates Underestimated,” by Richard Poynder

July 20, 2018 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

In this blogpost, Richard Poynder suggests that the current state of the Open Access movement is in disarray. Primarily, he blames a fundamental misunderstanding of copyright by authors in particular, but also by librarians and publishers as well. Poynder contests the wisdom of OA advocates who argue that the only legitimate way to license OA work is by using a CC-BY or attribution-only Creative Commons licence. This license is the second-most liberal option of all Creative Commons licenses, requiring only…

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On “Open Access in Poland,” by Liladhar Ramchan Pendse

July 20, 2018 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

Liladhar Ramchan Pendse provides a broad view of the status of open access in Poland. To do so, they consider open access policy directives, the Polish Library of Open Science or Biblioteka Otwartej Nauki, and Polish presence in the ROARMap and DOAJ. Pendse concludes that there is a European Union influence on the development of OA in Poland, based on policy and presence in databases like ROARMap and the DOAJ. Work cited Pendse, Liladhar Ramchan. 2018. “Open Access in Poland.”…

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On “The Visibility of Open Access Monographs in a European Context: Full Report,” by Cameron Neylon et al.

July 20, 2018 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

In this Open Access Publications in Europe in Areas for Social Sciences and Humanities (OPERAS) report, Cameron Neylon, Lucy Montgomery, Alkim Ozaygen, Neil Saunders, and Frances Pinter study the visibility of open access monographs, particularly in Europe. They argue that it is currently difficult to track the usage of open access monographs, due to poor metadata standards and a lack of robust digital asset tracking. Neylon et al. come to this conclusion by studying the publishers involved in the OPERAS…

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On “Thoughts on Prestige, Quality, and Open Access,” by Peter Suber

April 15, 2018 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

Peter Suber unpacks the relationship between prestige and journal publishing in “Thoughts on Prestige, Quality, and Open Access.” He argues that, despite suggestions to the contrary, the institutional emphasis on prestige in the academy does not have to be a barrier to open access (OA), which many feel is not as prestigious as toll access (TA) publishing. Prestige is not an obstacle to green OA, as authors may have the option to deposit pre- or post-prints of their TA articles…

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On “In Oldenburgś Long Shadow: Librarians, Research Scientists, Publishers, and the Control of Scientific Publishing,” by Jean-Claude Guedon

April 15, 2018 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

In In Oldenburgś Long Shadow: Librarians, Research Scientists, Publishers, and the Control of Scientific Publishing, Jean-Claude Guédon assesses the state of academic publishing as of 2001, including library activities and commercial publisher strategies. This early contribution to the open scholarship / scholarly communication conversation was originally presented in a talk to the Association of Research Libraries. Guédon argues that libraries need to take a more prominent role in the dissemination elements of scholarly communication by actively supporting and being involved…

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On “Changing the Culture in Scholarly Communications,” by Alice Meadows

April 10, 2018 Alyssa Comments 0 Comment

In this Scholarly Kitchen post, Alice Meadows suggests that we need to change the culture in the field of scholarly communication, especially around gender diversity. She points out that many working in the field are drawing attention to the lack of women working in more established positions. Meadows also suggests that there are other cultural elements of scholarly communication that should change as well, including around open scholarship, impact factors, tenure and promotion, and funding. Finally, as a disclosed FORCE…

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