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A Case Study in Transitioning to Open Access

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O P E N A C C E S S

O P E N S O U R C E

S E C U R E D T H R O U G H P R E S E R V A T I O N N E T W O R K S

C O L L A B O R A T I V E

What is Voyages?

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What is Voyages?

THE DATABASE

Qualitative & quantitative historical database of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

35,000+ records of individual slaving voyages

Multiple sources for each record

99 variables used online to describe slaving voyages


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http://www.slavevoyages.org

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Transitioning to Open Access

Significant scholarly achievement, with significant long-term limitations:

Not easily updated

Limited audience

Expensive

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What open access means

Greater availability for interdisciplinary research

Edits and data contributions from non-academics as well as academics

Public exposure to and involvement in digital scholarship

Decoupled development

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Next steps

New models and mechanisms for sustaining digital scholarship

Institutional and individual commitment to preserving and supporting digital scholarship

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D A V I D E L T I S

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L I Z M I L E W I C Z

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