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

Fri Apr 30 21:05:13 BST 2010

That is against copyright and library rules....plus what you do fosters a
club culture that does not solve the issue of lack of access from developing
countries.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Allen Kleiman <allenk at panix.com> wrote:

>  What I try to do, upon request,  is to e-mail any of my papers to other
> countries and any others I have available from my library.Of course what you
> are describing is not entirely or even partly due to the open access project
> -- it is because your libraries are not funded properly. I am not qualified
> to discuss that problem however.
>
> Allen
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> *From:* boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:
> boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Françoise Salager-Meyer
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:50 AM
> *To:* boai-forum at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [BOAI] Re: Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24
> --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess on research
> and scholarship
> *Importance:* High
>
>  Not so in developing countries, Mr. Kleiman, where it is extremely
> difficult to have access to the materials we need to conduct our research
> because our libraries are almost empty (only subscribe to a few journals and
> not the top-notch ones ... and no books).
>
> Françoise Salager-Meyer
> (Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida. Venezuela)
>
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>
> 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
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> *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
> *******************************
>
> <http://www.arl.org/sparc>
>
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