Open access - looking ten years back and a few years ahead

2012

On the occasion of Open Access Week (22-28 October) I had a talk with Stevan Harnad, a pioneer and one of the world's best-known Open Access advocates, author of the Subversive proposal (1994-1995) which triggered the whole movement. Professor Harnad highlights achievements, further steps, and obstacles ten years after the Open Access manifesto of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.

2019

This is the 5th document of the series, devoted to the experiences related to open access. Its aim is helping GRACE partners reflect on possible GAs to develop in this area during the project implementation period or in the framework of the 8-year Roadmap towards RRI. The document includes five sections, respectively devoted to: Open access publications Open access data Open science evaluation Open access culture Governance, infrastructures and policies for open access. It is to notice that most of the issues discussed in this document can also apply for developing policies in the framework of the most general strategy now identified as Open Science (OS), which according to the EC represents a new approach to the scientific process based on cooperative work and new ways of diffusing knowledge by using digital technologies and new collaborative tools. Such a strategy, focusing on the whole research process, in the current formulation by the EC also embraces aspects related to other k...

Significant achievements have been scored regarding Open Access (OA) and its worldwide adoption. The increasing numbers in the availability of OA repositories and journals (refereed and otherwise); publishers that embraced OA in different forms; universities and colleges that adopted OA as a matter of policy; and funding agencies that require authors and researchers to deposit their work in openly accessible digital repositories are all clear indications of the widespread adoption of OA practices. However, the practices are not well coordinated, largely project-based, and dictated by institutional circumstances. For the sake of disseminating and preserving scholarly publications and other forms of research outputs well into the future, it is critical that a consistent and uniform policy and technical framework that addresses the needs and concerns of all relevant stakeholders involved be adopted. Members of this panel will review the global OA practices and suggest ideas for the implementation of an international infrastructure that supports and sustains the future of open scholarly communication.

2013

Library Hi Tech News, 2007

Universities Association) observed in the opening keynote speech. The conference offered an overview of current practices, focused on critical issues and contributed suggestions for future viable pathways. In particular, the main topics under discussion have been:

Library Philosophy and Practice, 2019

027.7 Zeitschrift für Bibliothekskultur / Journal for Library Culture, 2019

Historians have been in recent years among the most vocal critics against open access to scientific literature. Discussing the controversies they have triggered in Europe and in the USA, we argue that research on open access should be broadened chronologically and thematically. The first section recalls the very first debate on open access that took place among library professionals at the turn of the XXth century and points similarities with the present situation. The second section reviews the criticisms levelled by humanities disciplines against mandatory regulations on open access. The third section argues that the potential of open access for science democratization and knowledge dissemination may not be taken for granted and need further empirical assessment.

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2008

2008