1 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET KC, 9 mars 2007 Open Access – New Possibilities in Scientific Communication HÅKAN CARLSSON HEAD OFFICE, LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
2 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Part of a project… ”Open Access and information access in private companies” – openaccess.seopenaccess.se Inform and educate about Open Access Inventory and investigate (survey)
3 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET What is Open Access? “Direct, free and unlimited electronic access to scientific information”
4 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Why Open Access? Development printeddigital access
5 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Why Open Access? Lack of publisher competition (wrong customers)
6 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET More reasons Better access yields more use Faster access More reasonable copyright regulations Cheaper access Broader access
7 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET How can you get Open Access? 1. Open Access journals 2. Self-archived material
8 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Where do you find articles in OA? Open Access journals Directory of Open Access Journals
9 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Where do you find articles in OA? Self-archived material OAISTER
10 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET How do you publish in OA? Journal Info – jinfo.lub.lu.sejinfo.lub.lu.se
11 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET How does an institutional repository work? An exemple - Lund University Publications Add your publications – lup.lub.lu.selup.lub.lu.se Search –
12 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET History 1994Self-archiving is started to be discussed 1998SPARC 1999OAI 2002BOAI, Sherpa 2003Berlin Declaration on Open Access 2004DOAJ 2008Demands from research funders (NIH, VR?)
13 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Issues? How about peer-review? How about copyrights? How about the prestige? Who pays?
14 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET Questions to think about… What advantages do I see in the Open Access development? What can be positive for myself by increasing the access to my own publications? What do I need to actively work with the issues?
15 L U N DS U N I V E R S I T ET I want to know more! The links will be distributed with the survey.