PPI Conference: Open Access in Academia
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This document discusses issues around commercialization and privatization of publicly funded academic research. It argues that allowing commercial publishers to profit from and restrict access to publicly funded research goes against principles of transparency, accountability and sharing of knowledge. Open access publishing is presented as an alternative that allows free public access to research while still supporting peer review and distribution of knowledge. The document suggests ways that pirate parties and others could support increased open access to publicly funded research.
PPI Conference: Open Access in Academia
- 1. What happens when public knowledge is made private?
- 2. Are we happy that the public is excluded from access to publicly funded research?
- 3. Should commercial profit come before the free sharing of scientific knowledge?
- 4. About me...
- 6. Salford
- 7. Manchester
- 8. Preston
- 11. Open Source Publishing in Academia Why is it important to the Pirate Party?
- 12. Peer-review Process Research Writing Submission Review by editor Expert reviews Revision 2nd review Typesetting Copy editing Printing/ePrints Distribution
- 13. Why do academics publish? Sharing knowledge Transparency Accountability Marking territory Impact Factor
- 14. Who benefits?
- 15. ‘Serial Crisis’ • Cost of periodical rising • Library funding going down in real terms • Price inelasticity • More research
- 16. Papers published by top 3 publishers 42%
- 17. Revenue going to top 10 publishers 43%
- 18. Value generated by academic journal publishing $19 billion McGuigan GS, Russell RD. (2008)
- 21. $10 Billion could buy universal schooling for children in the world’s conflict zones
- 22. Copyright is about protecting the author - isn’t it?
- 23. What happens when I can’t access or share things I’m the author of?
- 27. "As a dedicated and long-term Mac user, I am surprised and a little unhappy at how hard it is for Mac users to access the story."
- 28. Impact Factors Citation reports 14,000 Journals Major role in ranking and funding Commercially owned database
- 29. No copyright transfer = No publication = Poor Impact Factor = Poor career prospects
- 31. Open Access
- 32. John Willinsky Professor of Literacy and Technology Open Journal System University of British Columbia Public Knowledge Project http://pkp.sfu.ca 1998: PKP Launch 2001: First OS software launch 2005: OJS v2 launched 2006: 400 OA journals Current version 2.2.2 8 languages Further 10 in development
- 33. 300,000 Peer Reviewed Journals 5,000 Open Access Journals
- 34. Funding Access Pay per view Publishing fee Institutional subsidy Advertising
- 35. Who benefits?
- 36. Developing countries Libraries Funding bodies Those seeking transparency Academics seeking citation
- 37. Pirate Parties should consider:
- 38. Mandating that all publicly funded research is published in Open Access forums
- 39. Ensuring this happens in a timely fashion
- 40. Supporting mechanisms for measuring Open Access impact factors
- 41. Linking research funding to these measures
- 43. Ensuring publication, teaching and research rights remains with the author or institution
- 44. Research knowledge becomes a public resource Knowledge Economy
Editor's Notes
- #6: Sociologist Previously worked on computer games Now looking at piracy as normal, everyday activity
- #7: Salford University (PhD) Stand-up comedy
- #8: Manchester University Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition Games research
- #9: UCLan (Preston) COUNTER Project
- #13: Mostly funded by public purse. Market where the raw input come free!
- #16: 1960s-70s: Commercial publishers start buying top journal from non-profit academic societies
- #17: Over 2000 publishers Glenn S. McGuigan & Robert D. Russell (2008) The Business of Academic Publishing: A Strategic Analysis of the Academic Journal Publishing Industry and its Impact on the Future of Scholarly Publishing http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v09n03/mcguigan_g01.html
- #18: Reed Elsevier Springer Science+Business Media John Wiley & Sons
- #19: McGuigan GS, Russell RD. (2008). The Business of Academic Publishing: A Strategic Analysis of the Academic Journal Publishing Industry and its Impact on the Future of Scholarly Publishing. E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship. ICAAP
- #20: 413,696 = $16 billion http://www.wallstats.com/blog/visualizing-one-billion-dollars/
- #21: http://www.wallstats.com/blog/visualizing-one-billion-dollars/
- #22: 2006 report http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0913-03.htm
- #26: Registration Credit card
- #27: Stephen King Riding the Bullet - 2000 $2.50 400,000 copies in first 24 hours DRM - Windows only
- #28: Circumventing DRM would be illegal - DCMA http://www.planetpdf.com/enterprise/article.asp?ContentID=6358
- #30: Publications used as a metric of value for money for public funding
- #31: ...and then came the internet...
- #33: Aim to increase access to knowledge outside academic environments
- #34: Most of these journal born Open Access. New Journals
- #35: Publishing fees usually waived for developing countries and others in financial hardship