<div dir="ltr">Hi Dr. Morrison,<div>Thanks for this very useful reference. Cost and economics play very important role in deciding in favor of Open Access. The rising cost of peer reviewed information has been a problem for many in the developed countries too. We will look into this issue at greater depth, and see how we can create a lesson around "Cost and economics of Open Access". </div>
<div><br></div><div>Since we are developing self directed learning materials for Open Access, suggestions from the members of GOAL would assist us further.</div><div><br></div><div>with regards, sanjaya</div><div><br></div>
<div>Sanjaya Mishra</div><div>Director, CEMCA</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Heather Morrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hmorris2@uottawa.ca" target="_blank">hmorris2@uottawa.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">greetings Barnali Roy Choudhury,<br>
<br>
It is very good to see this initiative. I am a professor of information<br>
studies who has developed and taught courses on scholarly communication<br>
and open access, and if desired I would be happy to contribute towards<br>
this project.<br>
<br>
Your list of key areas to study is a good one. May I suggest that you add<br>
a little bit about the basics of the economics of scholarly communication<br>
and the potential for transition to open access. My recent article on this<br>
topic in First Monday may be useful in this respect - not wishing to<br>
promote my own work so much as this is a macro level view of the economics<br>
and I'm not aware of anything that explains the situation as clearly as<br>
this:<br>
<a href="http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4370" target="_blank">http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4370</a><br>
<br>
Wishing you all the best in this initiative,<br>
<br>
Dr. Heather Morrison<br>
<br>
> {Apologies for Cross Posting}<br>
> I am currently assisting the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia<br>
> (CEMCA) in developing Curriculum and Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Tool<br>
for<br>
> Open Access for researchers and library and information professionals as<br>
a<br>
> project of UNESCO. The UNESCO adopted Open Access strategy in 2011, and<br>
with effect from 1 July 2013 it has become fully Open Access. Capacity<br>
building to promote Open Access is one of the important strands of the<br>
UNESCO strategy. The UNESCO Open Access Forum 2011 also recommended<br>
training of young researchers and library professionals on Open Access.<br>
As a first step, we would like to seek help of experts though a<br>
discussion<br>
> on this platform to identify Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes needed for<br>
Open Access by Library and Information Professionals and Researchers.<br>
So,<br>
> we will have two strands of discussion: One for Librarians and the other<br>
for Researchers. This week we start with training needs for<br>
Librarians…<br>
> Librarians play a significant role in providing access to peer reviewed<br>
information published in journals and help manage local repositories.<br>
Sometime back we did a Delphi study with select experts, which revealed<br>
the<br>
> following as key areas for the librarians to study:<br>
> * *<br>
> *Module 1: Foundations*<br>
> 1. Introduction to Open Access: Definition, types (green, gold,<br>
delayed),<br>
> OA journals (gold and hybrid), OA books, OA repositories, benefits,<br>
barriers (publisher resistance), philosophy of access to knowledge,<br>
disciplinary trends; Open Access Policy development, including funder<br>
policies<br>
> 2. Copyrights and licensing mechanisms for Open Access, such as the<br>
creative commons licenses, copyleft and publishers’ embargo in<br>
self-archiving<br>
> * *<br>
> *Module 2: Practical Options and Systems*<br>
> 3. Repositories and issues involved in creating and maintaining<br>
> repositories, author self-archiving<br>
> 4. Open Access Journal publishing systems and processes<br>
> * *<br>
> *Module 3: Initiatives, Implications and Issues*<br>
> 5. Searching of Open Access information (Vehicles for Open Access:<br>
OAIster<br>
> and other Open Access Search Engines, PubMed), Metadata related issues,<br>
SHERPA RoMEO, DOAJ, DOAB, GOAP, OA Map, etc.<br>
> 6. Impact of Open Access on dissemination of knowledge, citation<br>
advantages, estimating impact; Changing practices in scholarly<br>
> communication, including open peer review, emerging approaches to<br>
recognition of scholarly works<br>
> 7. Implications of online-only format for long-term preservation of OA<br>
content (Google Books, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, other non-U.S.<br>
large<br>
> initiatives)<br>
> While this is useful, we need to identify the Knowledge, Skills and<br>
Attitudes to develop the curriculum and content learning materials. You<br>
may<br>
> also like to comment on the suitability of the above topics. If you want to<br>
> share more on the topic privately, kindly do so in the emails:<br>
> <a href="mailto:smishra.col@gmail.com">smishra.col@gmail.com</a> and <a href="mailto:barna.chakrabarti@gmail.com">barna.chakrabarti@gmail.com</a><br>
> --<br>
> With Regards,<br>
> Barnali Roy Choudhury<br>
> Project Associate (Open Access)<br>
> Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia<br>
> 13/14 Sarv Priya Bihar<br>
> New Delhi 110016<br>
> ​www.cemca.org​<br>
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Dr. Heather Morrison<br>
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University of Ottawa<br>
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Dr. Heather Morrison<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies<br>
University of Ottawa<br>
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