Vous invite - Invites you
à assister à une conférence -
to attend a presentation
Date: jeudi le 13 fevrier2014
Locale: Lamoureux (LMX) salle:
407
Transitioning to open access
Heather Morrison
(École des sciences de l’information,
Université d’Ottawa)
Université d’Ottawa)
All welcome - no charge, no need to RSVP.
Researcher Biography
Heather Morrison is an
Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies with an extensive
background as a speaker and researcher in the areas of scholarly communication
and open access. Heather completed her doctorate at Simon Fraser University in
2012, entitled Freedom for Scholarship in
the Internet Age, after a distinguished career as a professional academic librarian
in the world of library consortia, coordinating province-wide purchase and
sharing of information resources and services in an electronic environment.
Abstract
Open access to scholarly peer-reviewed
journal articles is an unprecedented public good with the potential to “accelerate
research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich with the poor and
the poor with the rich, make this literature as useful as it can be, and lay
the foundation for uniting humanity in a common intellectual conversation and
quest for knowledge” (Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002).
A dilemma
for open access is how to transition economic support for scholarly journals
from a subscription / licensing basis to supporting the production of journals
so that they can be open access.
This is particularly critical for small scholar-led journals
(independent journals and small society journals), as many have limited
resources. Heather will talk about her current and emerging research in this
area, which includes the theoretical framework of the knowledge commons, macro
analysis (global journal article production and expenditure by libraries),
collecting and analyzing data on open access article processing charges,
interviews with scholarly journal editors about the resource requirements of
scholar-led publishing and the infrastructure costs of new library / university
publishing operations.
The
presentation will be primarily in English with discussion welcome in either
English or French.
Reference
Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002). http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read
This presentation is part of the ongoing ÉSIS Research Conversations series co-organized for 2013/14 by myself and Dr. André Vellino.
