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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Forwarding from SCHOLCOMM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Glenn Hampson [mailto:ghampson@nationalscience.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 06 September 2014 18:19<br><b>To:</b> SCISIP@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV; sts-l@ala.org; RESADM-L@lists.healthresearch.org; scholcomm@ala.org; JISC-REPOSITORIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br><b>Subject:</b> [SCHOLCOMM] the future of open access and academic publishing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A number of interesting conversations have been happening these past few weeks in the listserv-o-sphere. And they seem to be converging on a single theme, which is also interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On the one hand, scholarly librarians have been discussing the gap that exists between the dreams and the reality of open access. What’s working well, what could work better, and what can be done to close this gap? A number of fascinating observations, ideas, and even solutions have already been tossed into the fold. These are particularly timely in light of the AAAS’s decision this week to no longer advance OA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On the other hand, the “science of team science” folks have been discussing the tendency toward reductionism between fields (e.g., considering sociology to be applied psych, psychology to be applied biology, and so on). Integrative and team science approaches are trying to bridge these gaps and add value, but improving the communication infrastructure inside science will also play a critical role in connecting the dots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>And this is where these conversations converge. For both, improving science communication is at the center---which sounds both reductionist and self-serving (sorry). Breaking down the communication barriers inside science will go a long way toward allowing a more natural flow of ideas across the barriers that currently exist---language differences, impenetrable writing styles and terminologies, secrecy and intellectual property concerns, paywalls, data invisibility, institutional practices and inertia, and so on. As I wrote last week to the science of team science audience, the ability of scientists in other fields, and even colleagues in the same field (not to even mention lay scientists, educators, policymakers, and the public) to find new ideas, find the connections, and integrate work can be extraordinarily limited because the communications push behind research work is most often insignificant, and quite often invisible. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Add to these conversations another piece of news that you’ll hear about in more detail soon: changes are coming in the online availability of journals. I can’t say more until the press release is approved, but this is a development we’ve been working on since December, involving a major Internet player, and it will probably create a good deal of excitement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>At this important juncture, we need to keep pushing these conversations forward. What are the gaps and issues in perfecting open access? How can we do this? What are the communications-related needs, gaps, and issues in lowering the barriers between different fields of science, and even within fields? Is moving toward a single, common, “full lifecycle” system of publishing for all disciplines (that includes peer review, editing, archiving, cross-referencing, and creative commons licensed open access) the eventual destination of these two lines of thinking---especially for any work that is funded by federal dollars---or is this too utopian?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We’re convening an off-list working group to keep digging into the issues and solutions here. If you’re interested in being part of this discussion, please <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49AAAB22A1FF2-open1">sign up on this email list</a> by October 1<sup>st</sup> (the signup entry code is OSI-2014). The primary objective will be to create a working paper, send it back to full groups for comments and changes, and then see if we can turn this into an action plan (or several action plans) that we can work on together with our institutions in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you and best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Glenn Hampson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Glenn Hampson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>National Science Communication Institute (nSCI)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>2320 N 137th Street | Seattle, WA 98133<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>(206) 417-3607 | <a href="mailto:ghampson@nationalscience.org">ghampson@nationalscience.org</a> | <a href="http://nationalscience.org/">nationalscience.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:3.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>PLEASE NOTE: This message, including any attachments, may include privileged, confidential and/or inside information. 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