[BOAI] Re: Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24 --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess on research and scholarship

Thu Apr 29 09:58:45 BST 2010

Dear Allen Kleiman,

I am glad for you. When I studied in Ukraine I did not have access to
anything published in the world. You are right that not surprisingly
librarians have been amongst the most vocal advocates for open access. And
as you know fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law. A similar
principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions. But
there are different approaches to copyright exceptions and limitations in
civil law jurisdictions.

The role of the moderator in this forum is to keep the forum clean
(neutralizing spam etc).

With best wishes,
Iryna Kuchma
BOAI Forum moderator

On 29 April 2010 11:36, Allen Kleiman <allenk at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Most research and scholarly publications are read by 'insiders' who for
the most part have open access through libraries and Fair Use. I am a
researcher and scholar and have access to anything published in the world.
So what's the point?
>
> Second your practice of moderating e-mails is contrary to your stated goal
of open access.
>
> Allen Kleiman
>
> ________________________________
> From: boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:
boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Iryna Kuchma
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:22 AM
> To: boai-forum
> Subject: [BOAI] Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24
--Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess on research
and scholarship
>
> [Forwarded message from Jennifer McLennan]
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> April 28, 2010
>
> For more information, contact:
> Jennifer McLennan
> (202) 296-2296 ext. 121
> jennifer [at] arl [dot] org
>
> Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24
> Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of Open Access on
research and scholarship
>
> (Washington, DC) Open Access Week, the global event to promote free,
immediate, online access to research now entering its fourth year, has been
declared for October 18 to 24, 2010. Open Access Week is an opportunity for
the worldwide academic and research community to continue to learn about the
potential benefits of Open Access (OA), to share what they’ve learned with
colleagues, and to inspire wider participation in helping to make Open
Access a new norm in scholarship and research.
>
> “Open Access Week has evolved from a one-day student event on a dozen
campuses to a truly global phenomenon,” said Jennifer McLennan, Open Access
Week program director at SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition). “We’ve seen participation expand to include hundreds
of university and college campuses, research institutes, funding agencies,
libraries, and think tanks – all connecting the fast-growing global momentum
toward openness with the advancement of policy changes on the local level.”
In 2009, Open Access Week spurred the announcement of actions including
expanded open-access publication funds, the adoption of institution-wide
open-access policies, and the release of new reports on the societal and
economic benefits of OA.
>
> This year’s OA Week preparations kick off with a challenge to researchers
from Dr. Philip E. Bourne, Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
at the University of California San Diego and Founding Editor-in-Chief of
PLoS Computational Biology. In a video posted to the OA Week Web site,
Bourne calls upon scholars to think beyond free and ready access to the
literature – made possible by Open Access – and consider how technology may
be deployed to advance research, to truly mine the increasing amount of
available literature.
>
> He says, “What I think ultimately will be the main success of Open Access,
is that you have the full text of the literature in an XML format that can
be analyzed and used by computer. The idea that we’ll be able to keep up
with [the volume of literature being published] is just untenable. To
actually make full use of the literature, we’re going to require tools to
help us.” He challenges his peers in the research community to surface
efforts like SciVee (a new type of learning experience that mashes up
journal articles with rich media) and UCSD’s BioLit (an initiative to
integrate database identifiers and rich meta-data from open-access articles
with biological databases) – both of which “would not be possible without
unbridled and free access to the literature.”
>
> Challenges like Dr. Bourne’s, and responses to them – experiences and
projects that demonstrate the power of Open Access to enable the Web and
advance discovery – will be highlighted across global efforts in conjunction
with the Week. Details may be posted or linked on the Open Access Week Web
site by October 10, 2010.
>
> The new Open Access Week Web site, at http://www.openaccessweek.org,
details how participants across sectors – from research funders and
producers to students and libraries – have taken advantage of the event to
advance Open Access, and offers ideas for 2010.
>
> “There are a multitude of ways to participate in OA Week,” said Alma Swan,
program adviser. “It can be as simple as wearing a bright orange shirt or as
complex as introducing a new OA policy. OA Week may also be the chance to
let your imagination have full rein and come up with something ambitious,
wacky, or fun.”
>
> Organizations and individuals planning to participate or interested in
more information about Open Access Week 2010 should register now on the Web
site for access to regional and global contacts and resources.
>
> Open Access Week is organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition), with expert guidance from an international
panel of Open Access leaders. Program advisers include: Subbiah Arunachalam
(Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore), Leslie Chan (University of
Toronto, Scarborough, OASIS), Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute),
Thomas Hickerson (University of Calgary), Heather Joseph (SPARC), Iryna
Kuchma (eIFL.net), Li Lin (National Science Library, CAS), Donna Okubo
(Public Library of Science), Robin Peek (Open Access Directory, Simmons
College), Carolina Rossini (Berkman Center), Nick Shockey (Right to Research
Coalition), Peter Suber (Berkman Center, Earlham College, SPARC), Alma Swan
(Key Perspectives Ltd, OASIS), Ikuko Tsuchide (Digital Repository
Federation, Japan), Xiaolin Zhang (National Science Library, CAS).
>
> For more information, visit the Open Access Week Web site at
http://www.openaccessweek.org.
>
> ##
>
> SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC
Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800
academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of
scholarly communication. SPARC’s advocacy, educational, and publisher
partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is
on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Jennifer McLennan
> Director of Programs & Operations
> SPARC
> jennifer at arl.org
> (202) 296-2296 x121
> Fax: (202) 872-0884
> *******************************
> SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting
> November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD
> http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml
> *******************************
> Open Access Week 2010
> October 18 - 24. Everywhere.
> http://www.openaccessweek.org
> *******************************
>
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