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

Sat May 1 12:54:16 BST 2010

Dear Allen,

MIT Faculty unanimous passed an Open Access policy on March 18, 2009:

"The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to
disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as
possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following
policy: Each Faculty member grants to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology nonexclusive permission to make available his or her scholarly
articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles for the purpose of
open dissemination. In legal terms, each Faculty member grants to MIT a
nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license to exercise any and
all rights under copyright relating to each of his or her scholarly
articles, in any medium, provided that the articles are not sold for a
profit, and to authorize others to do the same. The policy will apply to all
scholarly articles written while the person is a member of the Faculty
except for any articles completed before the adoption of this policy and any
articles for which the Faculty member entered into an incompatible licensing
or assignment agreement before the adoption of this policy. The Provost or
Provost's designate will waive application of the policy for a particular
article upon written notification by the author, who informs MIT of the
reason.

To assist the Institute in distributing the scholarly articles, as of the
date of publication, each Faculty member will make available an electronic
copy of his or her final version of the article at no charge to a designated
representative of the Provost's Office in appropriate formats (such as PDF)
specified by the Provost's Office.

The Provost's Office will make the scholarly article available to the public
in an open- access repository. The Office of the Provost, in consultation
with the Faculty Committee on the Library System will be responsible for
interpreting this policy, resolving disputes concerning its interpretation
and application, and recommending changes to the Faculty.

The policy is to take effect immediately; it will be reviewed after five
years by the Faculty Policy Committee, with a report presented to the
Faculty.

The Faculty calls upon the Faculty Committee on the Library System to
develop and monitor a plan for a service or mechanism that would render
compliance with the policy as convenient for the faculty as possible."

(
http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=Massachussetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20%28MIT%29
)

With best wishes,
Iryna Kuchma

On 1 May 2010 00:05, Allen Kleiman <allenk at panix.com> wrote:

>  Unsigned:
> Are you an attorney? Under the Fair Use and other provisions of the US
> Copyright law I can send anything I want for use by students. Furthermore my
> publishers have given me permission to send copies of scholarly works
> whenever I have asked. I am going to attach one but do not know if the
> Moderator will allow it. This whole agony over open access is just a
> self-aggrandizing agenda of a few people. Why  MIT with whom I am
> affiliated, among others,  makes so much in science and technology available
> as to satisfy most inquisitors without any prompting by open access
> organizations. Furthermore most of the scholarly work of any merit is kept
> secret in order to obtain a competitive advantage either for tenure or other
> financial gain.
>
> Good luck,
>
>
>
> Allen
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:
> boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Carolina Rossini
> *Sent:* Friday, April 30, 2010 4:05 PM
>
> *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 ofOpenAccess on
> research and scholarship
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *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)
>>
>> ********
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> *******************************
>>
>> <http://www.arl.org/sparc>
>>
>>
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