Philip Johnson, University libraries, budgets, and open access, Biocurious , November 26, 2008. Excerpt: Comments Johnson is right that universities would save money. But they'd save even more than he calculates. His calculation assumes (1) that all OA journals charge publication fees and (2) that universities would pay all of them. Both assumptions are untrue.
Remember that comments on the EU green paper, Copyright in the Knowledge Economy, are due on November 30. One of the questions raised in the paper --Question 19, quoted below-- has a strong OA connection. See other comments I've posted recently (1, 2, 3). Here are two more.
An unnamed blogger at the University of Cagliari library blog has posted some notes from the university's "study day" on OA, Accesso aperto e comunicazione scientifica (Cagliari, November 18, 2008). Read them in Italian or Google's English. The six presentations from the workshop are now on deposit in the Cagliari IR.
Øystein Johannessen, Økt bruk av Open Access i vitenskapelig publisering [ Increased use of open access in scientific publishing ], a slide presentation at Money talks – New institutional policies in scholarly publishing (Tromsø, Norway, November 28, 2008) --now in progress. The other presentations aren't online yet, but they should be soon.
Junior Scientist of the Year award goes to founder of an open-access (OA) journal, Informationsplattform Open Access , November 28, 2008.
Geoff Hynes, Access to Research Outputs, presented on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research OA policy at the University of Ottawa, November 4, 2008. (Thanks to Jim Till.) See also our past posts on CIHR.
A podcast is now available of the talk by Public Library of Science CEO Peter Jerram entitled Open Access: Accelerating Scientific Progress at Rockefeller University on October 27, 2008.
Discover Magazine has named Harold Varmus one of The 10 Most Influential People in Science (November 26, 2008).
The Open Knowledge Foundation has joined the COMMUNIA network (“the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain”).
Catherine Jones and four co-authors, Report of the Subject and Institutional Repositories Interactions Study (SIRIS), from JISC and STFC, November 2008. Excerpt: Also see the appendix of survey questions and responses. The report and appendix are also available as DOC files. Update (11/30/08).
Stevan Harnad, Comment on EU Green Paper: "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy", Open Access Archivangelism , November 25, 2008. Excerpt: PS: Remember that comments on the EU green paper, Copyright in the Knowledge Economy, are due on November 30. One of the questions raised in the paper --Question 19, quoted below-- has a strong OA connection.