Open Access Debate17th November 2016

Dr. Rob Farrow

Arguing against the motion: 'This house believes that the majority of academic work carried out by the Learning Teaching and Innovation portfolio should be published in openly accessible journals.’

Why shouldn’t you publish open access?

Argument from injustice

Devaluing the research process

Argument from sustainability

Argument from academic prestige

Argument from quality

Dissemination paradox

If you should publish open access, should you do it “mostly”?

'This house believes that the majority of academic work carried out by the Learning Teaching and Innovation portfolio should be published in openly accessible journals.’

Argument from inconsistency

Argument from imperfect implementation

Three possibilities:

1) The case for OA publication is not made, therefore reject the motion

2) The case for OA is made, but the motion is insufficient, therefore reject the motion

3) The motion is too vague, therefore reject the motion

Has the case for OA been made?

No Reject the motion

YesMotion is

insufficient: reject

Too vague Reject the motion

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