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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Dear Allen,</font></blockquote>
<div>Indeed, one can send one's papers out to anyone who's asking for
a copy unless the copyright forbids.</div>
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<div>But I'd like to insist upon the fact that the open access
movement is perhaps not such a "big deal" for ultra
developed/industrialized countries who have well resourced libraries
(hence free access to scientific and other information), grants to
conduct research in whichever field/discipline, but it is certainly a
way to redress the current imbalance and inequalities that exist in
today's scientific communication, i.e., it is a must for developing
countries, as I argued in a previous mail.</div>
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<div>Fortunately, the academic world is slowly but surely, it seems,
undertanding the situation. Proof of this are the OA mandates of quite
a few first world universities that have understood that OA and OA
institutional repositories are the only ways to make knowledge
accessible to the great majority of scholars worldwide and not to a
restricted, privileged few.</div>
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<div>Françoise Salager-Meyer</div>
<div>Universidad de Los Andes. Venezuela.</div>
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<div>*****</div>
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color="#0000FF">Unsigned:</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">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.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Good luck,</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Allen</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1"><b>From:</b> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
[mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk]<b> On Behalf Of</b>
Carolina Rossini<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2010 4:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Re: Open Access Week 2010 declared for October
18 to 24--Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact
ofOpenAccess on research and scholarship</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Allen
Kleiman <<a href="mailto:allenk@panix.com">allenk@panix.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">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.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Allen</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>From:</b></font> <a
href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</font></a><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1"> [mailto:</font><a
href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</font></a><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1">]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Françoise
Salager-Meyer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b></font> <a href="mailto:boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1">boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk</font></a><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Re: Open Access Week 2010 declared for October
18 to 24 --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of
OpenAccess on research and scholarship<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High</font><br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">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).</font><br>
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<blockquote><font color="#0000FF">Françoise
Salager-Meyer</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#0000FF">(Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida.
Venezuela)</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">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?</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">Second your
practice of moderating e-mails is contrary to your stated goal of open
access.</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">Allen
Kleiman</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>From:</b></font> <a
href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</font></a><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1"> [mailto:</font><a
href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</font></a><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1">]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Iryna Kuchma<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> boai-forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18
to 24 --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess
on research and scholarship</font><br>
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<blockquote>[Forwarded message from<b> Jennifer McLennan</b>]<br>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
April 28, 2010<br>
<br>
For more information, contact:<br>
Jennifer McLennan<br>
(202) 296-2296 ext. 121<br>
jennifer [at] arl [dot] org<br>
<br>
Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24<br>
Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of Open Access on
research and scholarship<br>
<br>
(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.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
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<blockquote><br>
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.<br>
<br>
The new Open Access Week Web site, at <a
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a
>, 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.<br>
<br>
"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."</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
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.<br>
<br>
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).<br>
<br>
For more information, visit the Open Access Week Web site at <a
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a
>.<br>
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<br>
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 <a
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc">http://www.arl.org/sparc</a>.<br>
<br>
-------------------------------------<br>
Jennifer McLennan<br>
Director of Programs & Operations<br>
SPARC<br>
<a href="mailto:jennifer@arl.org">jennifer@arl.org</a><br>
(202) 296-2296 x121<br>
Fax: (202) 872-0884<br>
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SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting<br>
November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD<br>
<a
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml"
>http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml</a><br>
*******************************<br>
Open Access Week 2010<br>
October 18 - 24. Everywhere.<br>
<a
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a><br
>
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<a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc"><br>
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