[GOAL] Re: Promoting Open Access amongst young researchers

Wed Aug 7 11:21:18 BST 2013

Dear Moderator,

Many thanks for initiating interesting discussion on promoting Open Access
amongst young researchers. Some of the points I wish to raise here that:

   - Young researchers in Indian universities and probably in other
   developing countries are not very aware of open access resources available
   around them. Only few are aware of secondary databases, such as erstwhile
   OpenJGate, linking primary open access literature.
   - There is also need for development of more disciplinary open access
   cross-search services for both OA knowledge repositories and OA journals at
   the national, regional and global level.
   - Open Access Week should be celebrated in universities and research
   institutions for promoting OA amongst young researchers. Here they will
   learn how to access, how to self-archive, and how to publish in OA
   journals. They will also learn about practical implications of copyright,
   copyleft and creative commons licenses in dealing with OA resources and OA
   publishing.
   - We also have found that a majority of young researchers prefer to
   publish conference papers, before publishing in academic journals. We know
   that majority of conference proceedings are ephemeral and are not easily
   available to future researchers. Thus, all public funded seminars and
   conferences should publish conference papers and proceedings in OA mode for
   future access and long-term preservation.
   - Your proposed online training tools for young researchers can include
   modules on how to access OA literature, how to self-archive in OA
   repositories, and how to publish in OA journals/ OA conferences. There
   should also be some lessons on practical aspects of copyright, copyleft and
   creative commons licenses in dealing with OA resources and OA publishing.

I wish, you will get some more valuable suggestions from the OA activists/
evangelists on engaging young researchers in OA publishing.

With Best Regards

Anup

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*Dr. Anup Kumar Das*
Centre for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi - 110067, India
W: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com
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> I am currently assisting the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for
> Asia (CEMCA) in developing Curriculum and Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Tool
> for Open Access for researchers and library and information professionals
> as a project of UNESCO. The UNESCO adopted Open Access strategy in 2011,
> and with effect from 1 July 2013 it has become fully Open Access. Capacity
> building to promote Open Access is one of the important strands of the
> UNESCO strategy.  The UNESCO Open Access Forum 2011 also recommended
> training of young researchers and library professionals on Open Access.
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> In the last week, I requested for help on articulating the training needs
> of library professionals, and this week I would like to request the
> stakeholders to think about what new researchers should know about Open
> Access. We believe that the OA awareness of the researchers that can make
> the Open Access movement more successful. In subject disciplines, where the
> researchers are more aware and have common goals, the amount of information
> available in OA is much higher than other disciplines. So, it is always
> better to follow the principle of ?catch them young?, and include a short
> training curriculum on OA for every researcher working for their doctoral
> degree. This can be a pre-doctoral work as well. If such a program is to be
> organized, what are the knowledge, skills, and attitude that should be
> covered in the training?
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> In a survey conducted amongst researchers in a prestigious national
> university revealed that most of the respondents indicated limited
> participation in open access mode of communications either as users or as
> contributors. The study also revealed that their participation can be
> increased through appropriate training, and awareness creation. So, what
> you think as the areas that should be covered in OA training for
> researchers?
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> Your response will help us to articulate more precisely the topics related
> to knowledge, skills and attitudes for Open Access. If you want to share
> more on the topic privately, kindly do so in the emails:
> smishra.col at gmail.com and barna.chakrabarti at gmail.com
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> With Regards,
> Barnali Roy Choudhury
> Project Associate (Open Access)
> Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
> 13/14 Sarv Priya Bihar
> New Delhi 110016
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