[okfn-discuss] FW: Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What Institutions Can Do to Ease Open Access

Wed Nov 19 18:46:58 UTC 2008

Cross posting here again- thought this also might be of interest!

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From: Repositories discussion list
[mailto:JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Kuil, van der
Annemiek
Sent: 14 November 2008 10:51
To: JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: FW: Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What
Institutions Can Do to Ease Open Access

FYI

Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What Institutions
Can Do to Ease Open Access

Leo Waaijers <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/waaijers-et-al/#author1>
writes about copyright, prestige and cost control in the world of open
access while in two appendices Bas Savenije
<http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/waaijers-et-al/#author2>  and Michel
Wesseling <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/waaijers-et-al/#author3>
compare the costs of open access publishing and subscriptions/licences
for their respective institutions.

The view that the results of publicly financed research should also be
publicly accessible enjoys broad support in the academic community.
Where their own articles are concerned, however, many authors hesitate
to circulate them openly, for example by publishing them in Open Access
journals or placing them in their institution's repository. They ask
themselves whether that will not be at odds with the copyright rules and
whether they will gain - or perhaps even lose - prestige. For their
part, institutional managers wonder whether switching to Open Access
will not make things more expensive than sticking with the traditional
system of publication.

This article analyses the current situation regarding these three
issues. The only possible conclusion is that the academic community
finds itself in the course of a transition - from paper to digital - as
regards the dissemination of knowledge, a transition that urgently
requires an active and directive approach on the part of universities
and research institutions. This conclusion is in line with a recent
recommendation [1] by the European University Association, with the
primary conclusion being that 'Universities should develop institutional
policies and strategies that foster the availability of their quality
controlled research results for the broadest possible range of users,
maximizing their visibility, accessibility and scientific impact.'

www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/waaijers-et-al/
<http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/waaijers-et-al/> 

Kind regards ,

Annemiek

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