Open Access / Open Source Adam Crymble Digital Histories Workshop
A “Movement” ‘Selma to Montgomery’, by Peter Pettus
Academic Publishing 1) Content Creation 3) Preservation & Author Publisher Library 3) Preservation & Dissemination (£££) 2) Quality Control Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer
The Blogging Model 1) Content Creation 2) Preservation & Dissemination Author Website 1) Content Creation 2) Preservation & Dissemination
Quality Control
Finch Report – Open Access in the UK Image by OpenSource.com
American Historical Association – Dissertation Embargo ‘Under Lock and Key’ by Janet Ramsden
Green vs Gold Open Access Who will manage Quality Assurance? Forcing OA in the UK Green vs Gold Open Access Open Access vs Right to Embargo
Open Source
MS Word vs. Open Office
Open Source Positives Free. No fee to use You can add whatever functionality you need (as long as you know how) Contributing to something bigger
Open Source Negatives People need to relearn the new software It doesn’t always work as well Someone has to know how to maintain it (free to buy, expensive to maintain) If we all used Open Source then the flagship software that pushes the envelope would go out of business