Heather Joseph Executive Director, SPARC Berlin 9 Open Access Conference Bethesda, MD The Impact of Open Access on Research and Scholarship
Europe – Berlin 1-4 Focus on understanding and implementation of Open Access practices and policies
Europe – Berlin 5-7 Focus on impact of Open Access, and Open Access as driver of “knowledge society”
China – Berlin 8 The need for access to information to create an informed citizenry
South Africa – Berlin 10 Open access/access to information as a human right.
U.S. – Berlin 9 Open access as driver of scientific productivity and commercial innovation
Berlin 9 Program constructed to demonstrate how open access can help amplify impact of each stage of the research process.
Open Access as key element of the research infrastructure
Open Access as key driver of scientific productivity
Open Access as accelerator for commercialization opportunities; and as an economic driver
Open Access and the “Scholarship of Engagement”
Evaluation of research merit – moving beyond current measures
Open Access provides opportunity to align practices with new opportunities provided by technology.
Translation of research materials into education – confluence of the Open Access and Open Educational Resource (OER) movements
Berlin 9 as a Call to Action
Sign the Berlin Declaration erklarung/
The Budapest Open Access Initiative – 10 years Celebrate the milestone, join effort to plan for the next ten years
Ask for Open Access - Contribute to public consultations. - OSTP RFI - EC Consultations
(Re)design systems for open research and scholarship.
Make sure the bicycle can carry us into the future.
Align the “Open” Movements
Change the form.
Make more Merediths.
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