scholarly journals Monitoring the Open Access Policy Compliance at Malmö University

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Poster Presentation ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Content Quality ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Submission Process ◽  
Access Rights ◽  
The Right

Malmö University implemented an open access policy in 2011. It states that research staff and postgraduate students at Malmö University must deposit a copy of their research publications in the university's open repository Malmö University Electronic Publishing (MUEP), a DSpace installation, unless copyright prevents this. It is our ambition that our researchers will investigate their open access rights for each of their publications, regardless of publication type.In late 2012 we made changes in the submission interface of the repository in order to improve the support given to the researchers regarding copyright issues. With these changes we also made it easier to monitor the compliance with the open access policy.The submission process now asks two new questions. The first of these require the author/submitter to state either that she is aware of her rights to deposit a copy of the publication in an open institutional repository, or ask for assistance. The second question is if the author has the right to make this deposit, or if assistance to interpret the agreement is needed. These mandatory questions have made it easier for our librarian specialized in legal issues to detect where support is needed. Hopefully it also raises awareness of the copyright issues among all authors.Monitoring of the compliance with the open access policy falls under the responsibility of the faculty management. It is done through a web interface, Extramuep[1], where a spreadsheet detailing a specific year’s publications can be downloaded. One of the columns in the spreadsheet describes, among other things, whether or not that specific publication is in compliance with the open access policy.Our poster presentation will describethe submission process for a researcherthe work processes of the library’s researcher support staffhow compliance with the policy can be monitored by faculty managementthe experiences of the researcher support staffthe result in the form of an increasing number of full text files in the repositoryThe focus in this poster presentation is on how this implementation has changed the day-to-day work of the researcher support staff and the results in repository content quality.

Open Access Policies

2016 ◽  
pp. 299-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratnaria Wahid ◽  
Bakri Mat
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Research Dissemination ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
Published Research

Scholarly publishing is central to the efficiency of research, dissemination of research findings and diffusion of scientific and technical knowledge. Studies however reported that gaining access to published research findings is still a problem due to the increasing costs of journal subscription, a system protected by copyright law. This chapter briefly explains open access and explores its strengths and weaknesses. It further explains why the UK accepted the Finch Report recommendations to encourage innovations by enabling more people to read and use research publications. This chapter emphasizes that the benefit of open access policy as an incentive to enhance innovation must be encountered with caution as it will bring varying implications for different countries and disciplines. It also argues that although those involved in scholarly publishing have the right to be fairly compensated, they also have the moral obligation to ensure its dissemination for the benefit of public interest.

scholarly journals Open science: a revolution in sight?

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Rentier
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Free Access ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to describe the evolution of scientific communication, largely represented by the publication process. It notes the disappearance of the traditional publication on paper and its progressive replacement by electronic publishing, a new paradigm implying radical changes in the whole mechanism. It aims also at warning the scientific community about the dangers of some new avenues and why, rather than subcontracting an essential part of its work, it must take back full control of its production. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the emerging concepts in scholarly publication and aims to answer frequently asked questions concerning free access to scientific literature as well as to data, science and knowledge in general. Findings The paper provides new observations concerning the level of compliance to institutional open access mandates and the poor relevance of journal prestige for quality evaluation of research and researchers. The results of introducing an open access policy at the University of Liège are noted. Social implications Open access is, for the first time in human history, an opportunity to provide free access to knowledge universally, regardless of either the wealth or the social status of the potentially interested readers. It is an essential breakthrough for developing countries. Originality/value Open access and Open Science in general must be considered as common values that should be shared freely. Free access to publicly generated knowledge should be explicitly included in universal human rights. There are still a number of obstacles hampering this goal, mostly the greed of intermediaries who persuade researchers to give their work for free, in exchange for prestige. The worldwide cause of Open Knowledge is thus a major universal issue for the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals An Institutional Rights Retention Strategy

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Brekke ◽  
Per Pippin Aspaas
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
English Translation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Retention Strategy ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Individual Author ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
The Right

Prorector for research and development at UiT The Arctic University of Norway informs about the institution's new Open Access Policy, in which Rights Retention takes a prominent place. All authors employed by UiT retain the rights to their peer-reviewed manuscripts, which can now be uploaded and be made available without any embargo period in the institutional repository, Munin, regardless of the policies of the publisher. In case an individual author refuses, (s)he is free to opt out, but no publisher shall have the right to force her/him to not make a manuscript publicly available in green open access through the institution's open repository. The original Norwegian policy document ("Prinsipper og retningslinjer for åpen tilgang til vitenskapelige publikasjoner ved UiT") is available through the website uit.no/publisering; an English translation will follow soon at en.uit.no/publishing.First published online: January 12, 2021 

Right to contestation, patron-client networks, and corruption

2012 ◽  
pp. 101-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Orekhovsky
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
The Right ◽  
Main Factor

In the paper the nature of Russian corruption is considered along the lines proposed by D. North, J. Wallis, and B. Weingast. The author considers patron-client networks as basic political and economic actors of the limited access order. The redistributive rent allocated within patron-client networks is not a corruption phenomenon. The main factor that is able to destroy patron-client networks and autonomous centers of power is the right to contestation (liberalization) according to R. Dahl. Realization of that right together with the right to participate in political life enables transition to the open access society.

THE STATE OF OPEN ACCESS ADOPTION IN LEGAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION: AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Solomon Bopape
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
The Right

The study of law focuses, among other aspects, on important issues relating to equality, fairness and justice in as far as free access to information and knowledgeis concerned. The launching of the Open Access to Law Movement in 1992, the promulgation of the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarshipin 2009, and the formation of national and regional Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) should serve as an indication of how well the legal world is committed to freely publishing and distributing legal information and knowledge through the Internet to legal practitioners, legal scholars and the public at large aroundthe world. In order to establish the amount of legal scholarly content which is accessible through open access publishing innovations and initiatives, this studyanalysed the contents of websites for selected open access resources on the Internet internationally and in South Africa. The results of the study showed that there has been a steady developing trend towards the adoption of open access for legal scholarly literature internationally, while in South Africa legal scholarly literature is under the control of commercial publishers. This should be an issue for the legal scholarship which, among its focus, is to impart knowledge about the right of access to information and knowledge.

scholarly journals Harvard adopts opt-out open-access policy

Nature ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 451 (7181) ◽  
pp. 879-879
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Opt Out

First steps for a library publisher

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somaly Kim Wu ◽  
Heather McCullough
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
Publishing Services ◽  
Communication Policies ◽  
The University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to presents the very recent development of e-journal publishing services at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte. In 2011, the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte created a new unit in the library, the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), which partners with faculty and graduate students in the use of digital and networked research tools to create, disseminate and store new knowledge. E-journal publishing and hosting are among the suite of services offered by the DSL, and we currently publish three journals (https://journals.uncc.edu/). Design/methodology/approach – This report provides an overview of the context of our library’s decision to begin publishing journals, including a discussion of our university’s becoming more research-intensive, our university system mandating increased efficiencies and sharing research with the state citizens, and the library’s own goals of raising awareness of and supporting open access. Also outlined are the technical and procedural choices made, important activities undertaken to develop, define and publicize the new services, campus response to the service and next steps. Findings – This report provides detailed accounting of how a large academic library implemented an electronic publishing service to support open access scholarship. Important activities such as marketing communication, policies development and technical/procedural activities are defined and results described. The report provides observation and lessons learned for academic libraries in development and support of electronic journals. Originality/value – Library as the publisher is a new concept. This report will be of interest to many libraries who are considering offering publishing services and to libraries that currently offer publishing services.

scholarly journals The ASJ Open Access Policy

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1274-1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Nahai
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Access Policy

Climate Change Glossary

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaavya Pradeep Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Open Access ◽  
General Public ◽  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
The Right ◽  
Complex Subject

Climate change is a complex subject with terms and definitions that can seem overwhelming to non-specialists. What is ‘albedo’? What does ‘radiative forcing’ mean? What does ‘geoengineering’ entail? As climate change impacts grow more frequent and intense, it is critical that journalists, in particular, are equipped with the right information when they report. This set of open-access multilingual glossaries aim to bridge the gap between research and the general public by compiling this comprehensive list of most frequently-used terms related to climate change. A majority of these terms have been sourced from the different IPCC reports as well as public platforms such as the BBC and the Climate Reality Project.

scholarly journals Bericht zur 2. Informationsveranstaltung des Open Access Network Austria (OANA) (Wien, 21. Jänner 2015)

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-172
Author(s):  
Katrin Buschmann ◽  
Katharina Rieck
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Access Network ◽  
Joint Activity ◽  
Access Policy

Dieser Beitrag fasst die Ergebnisse der 2. OANA-Veranstaltung am 21.01.2015 im Palais Harrach in Wien zusammen. Das „Open Access Network Austria“ (OANA) ist eine „joint activity“ unter dem organisatorischen Dach des Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) und der Österreichischen Universitätenkonferenz (UNIKO) mit dem Ziel Open Access Aktivitäten in der österreichischen Forschungslandschaft zu koordinieren. Nach einer ersten OANA-Informationsveranstaltung im November 2013 wurden fünf Arbeitsgruppen zu folgenden Themen gebildet: Open Access Policy, Finanzierung von Open Access, Rechtliche und politische Rahmenbedingungen, Publikationsmodelle und Einbindung von WissenschafterInnen. Im Rahmen der zweiten Informationsveranstaltung wurden die Ergebnisse bzw. Fortschritte der fünf Arbeitsgruppen präsentiert. Mit der Weiterführung von OANA sollen zukünftig einige der genannten Bereiche vertieft sowie um neue Themenfelder ergänzt werden.

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