Open Access Boston University Libraries Digital Initiatives and Open Access 16 October 2012
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Open Access
Boston University Libraries
Digital Initiatives and Open Access
16 October 2012
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Open Access is...
digital online free of charge free of most copyright and licensing restrictions
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Open Access is...
digital online free of charge free of most copyright and licensing restrictions compatible with peer review
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8200 peer-reviewed journals
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2200 repositories
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the current publishing climate
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authorsauthors
publisherspublishers librarieslibraries
universitiesuniversities
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Brian F. Lavoie and Roger C. Shoenfeld, “Books withoutBoundaries: A Brief Tour of the System-Wide Print BookCollection.” DOI: 10.3998/3336451.0009.208
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University of Californiavs.
Nature Publishing Group
http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/
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SUNY Potsdamvs.
American Chemical Society
http://www.attemptingelegance.com/
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CC photo by NASA
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(humanities, take heed...)
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production vs. dissemination
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current oa practices
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(copyright digression)
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pubishers
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authors
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higher ed institutions and libraries
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motivators of oa for faculty
visibility
increased citations
link permanence
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common objections to oa
“oa = low quality”
“oa will put journals out of business”
“they will steal my stuff”
“don’t tell me where to publish”
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faculty perspective