Taking the reins of your own publishing

My experiments with being an open scholar

Stian HåklevStudent Career Evening, OISE, 2012

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The Open Scholar, as I'm defining this person, is not simply someone who agrees to allow free access and reuse of his or her traditional scholarly articles and books; no, the Open Scholar is someone who makes their intellectual projects and processes digitally visible and who invites and encourages ongoing criticism of their work and secondary uses of any or all parts of it--at any stage of its development.

Gideon Burton, www.academicevolution.com

(traditional) Open Access

Green OAGold OA

Benefits•article is available as much as a year

earlier

•people all around the world, in all professions, have access

•even for people who have legal access, OA versions are usually easier to access

•all of the above lead to greater readership, better name recognition, more citations and opportunities

Self-archive (green)

OA journals (gold)

Can we do more?

MA thesis

http://reganmian.net/wiki/ref:mak2010blogs

Being an Open Scholar

Improves the quality of your research

Increases your connections, reach, opportunities

“Flattens” the world of academia

Don’t have to do all, but try some of it!

How do people find you?

It takes time, but quality content gets recognized

Comment on others’ blogs, retweet or answer Tweets

Conferences, hashtags

Don’t be so afraid of putting out unfinished work

Make it possible to “follow” you

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Thanks!

Stian Hå[email protected]://reganmian.net/bloghttp://reganmian.net/wiki