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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PubMed Central:

2.5M articles1150 journals in entirety

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arXiv:

780,000 papers

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gratis—libre

green—gold

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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