rluk - the costs of scholarly communication

OpenAccessButton.org @OA_Button

The Open Access Button and

The Costs of Scholarly CommunicationJoe McArthur - @Mcarthur_Joe

Assistant Director, Right to Research Coalition

Co-founder of the Open Access Button


These slides, and more:bit.ly/RLUK-OAB


Today’s talk

• What the Open Access Button is, and what it’s doing

• The Costs of Scholarly Publishing from our view

• How we’re moving forwards, and why we need you.


Launched in Summer 2009.

Built around the Student Statementon the Right to Research: access toresearch is a student right

International alliance of 77 graduate &undergraduate student organizations,representing nearly 7 million students

We Educate + Advocate for Open Access


Begun in 2013, with the Berlin 11 Student and Early Career Researcher Satellite Conference

Conference and Community empowering the next generation to advance open research and education. One major three day meeting each year, with year round satellite events and online community events.

Three major events so far, with over 30 Satellite events, dozens of online events and hundreds of projects in the network.


Founded in 2013, by two undergraduates who knew not much about anything.

The Button tracks and maps when people hit paywalls, and helps connect users with an alternative version.


How the Button Works


Desktop App Mobile App


The Firefox Web App


Web


Web

Same image, circled button image


Web


Web

Click wishlist.


Web

Story


Get Research

• Google Scholar

• CORE

• More soon…


Make Progress.

OpenAccessButton.org @OA_Button22

Professor Randy SchekmanNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2013.

Sander DekkerState Secretary, Dutch Ministry

of Education, Culture and Science.

Professor Stephen Curry

The Guardian

“The use of the Open Access

Button will help more people to find research

papers.”

“I am even more impressed by the Open

Access Button, a genuinely grass-roots initiative developed by

two students.”

“Tools like the Open Access Button can help catalyse

change and create a world where science has more

impact, is more efficient and importantly available to

everyone.”


Around the world

Talks given in:AustraliaBrazilFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaNepalNigeriaPakistanSouth AfricaSouth KoreaTaiwanTanzaniaTurkeyUKUSA

Team based in:AustraliaCanadaCosta RicaFranceGermanyItalyMexicoSouth AfricaThe NetherlandsUK (England, Northern Ireland, Wales)USA

Website: openaccessbutton.org Email: [email protected]

https://www.openaccessbutton.org/

mailto:[email protected]


Communications

5000+twitter

followers

2,119Facebook

likes

1,287,211Thunderclap

reach

In London, during Open Access Week, we packed a room with over 40 people for the Button’s launch and livestreamed it to 150 more. For the launch and other events, we were privileged to have Open Access Button talks all over the globe, a selection of which can be found on our map.

This was accompanied by fantastic press coverage including: Huffington Post, VentureBeat, Creative Commons, EFF, The Varsity and Scientific American Blogs.

In addition, during Open Access Week, we took part in a reddit AMA alongside EFF, Creative Commons, the Right to Research Coalition and Fundacion Karisma.

35,000+Blog hits

Above: Roshan Karn speaking about the Open Access Button in Nepal (photo credit: Iryna Kuchma).

Website: openaccessbutton.org Email: [email protected]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/will-ross/new-app-makes-research-ac_b_6019428.html

http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/23/open-access-button-gets-expanded-features-to-help-users-find-free-scholarly-researc/

https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43858

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/students-re-launch-open-access-button-apps-find-free-access-scientific-and

http://thevarsity.ca/2014/10/27/millennials-focus-of-open-access-week/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/absolutely-maybe/2014/10/20/teenage-mutant-ninja-journal-celebrating-an-open-access-birthday/

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2k3zy8/we_are_eff_creative_commons_right_to_research/

https://www.openaccessbutton.org/



Annual Report 2014Push Button. Get Research. Make Progress.


SPARC Innovators

www.sparc.arl.org/initiatives/innovator/oabutton


The Open Access Button,

Supported by SPARC


When you say cost, we don’t immediately

think

$$$


Because… We think of the cost of not having access


Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151028/10255032658/canadian-judge-says-asking-copy-legally-obtained-paywalled-article-is-circumvention.shtml


Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150409/17514230608/dont-think-open-access-is-important-it-might-have-prevented-much-ebola-outbreak.shtml


“Trying to develop a simulation training program in pediatric resuscitation in Rwanda”Doctor


“Demonstrate scholarly research dedicated to exploring the impact of OER.”Librarian


Paywall StoriesPediatric Intensive Care in South Africa: An Account of Making Optimum Use of Limited Resources at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital* “I am developing the PCCM curricula at the University of Rwanda.” (doctor)

“I was researching on Open Collaboration - a concept that will help me in structuring my venture - a co-creation community for high school graduates. This paper suggests a documentation of principles that would be useful to create structure. Clearly, I can't access it coz it has a pay per article paywall.” (undisclosed)

“understand my disease better.” (student)

“to compare our own research results with those reported in this paper.” (academic)

“Databases embargo the last 12 months of this journal, so we can't obtain a copy for a student.” (librarian)

Milestones in cell division : To cycle or not to cycle: a critical decision in cancer “I am researching the background for my PhD thesis, which is in an area of importance to human health (cancer biology) “ (student)

Document supply of grey literature and open access: ten years later “Article about my area of work (open access) that is closed access : (librarian)


But if we did say cost, we’d think about:

Opportunity cost


Access is,

and will continue to be a

HUGEissue


So we need your help.


1. We’d like to get the Button installed on your campus computers (or, at least promoted)

2. We’d like to use our stories and data to drive support for Open Access on your campus. Help us do it well.


Moving forwards


Using paywalls to make change

• Emailing Authors and encouraging them to deposit (and making it easy)

• Local organising

• Collaborations with other services/sites


How to connect people with work post-paywall

• Currently, jarring and unwelcoming

• We must think about designing ways to help readers find work behind paywalls

• Can we connect them to other resources?


Note: Logo is only provisional

• Image is CC-BY-NC from https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/5926476856/in/photolist-a2GK6s-e3egTX-bZWq9N-7rtbKN-9iZAAQ-4zXiLn-5pvWjj-518iWQ-fLJJTV-5Xhazx-jEDw4p-evsWp-5KGSrL-ajzYvf-bLK3Vx-wq3XW2-wgC9FG-pfNVHB-4G1P1i-ehZNoA-p4p5f2-jXy74D-boozY5-Picbm-a9cPyE-a9cPkh-4ru9-7WL2J9-nfRKRH-ksmU9-neMQmb-cc6Azd-4SU6p-yfVAdH-a9a2wg-a9cP8h-c4LNdh-8PgKiy-nvZnXx-8tWkkR-soT7J-cmJZBC-55p7YE-6XxxgE-dGtYq-e5du7o-4EvnvQ-cmCxas-4Vnn48-6Uda6v


With Thanks ToCottage Labs

Open Society FoundationsJisc

Centre for Open ScienceRight to Research Coalition

Medsin

For everyone, head to openaccessbutton.org/about#thanks

Mozilla SciencePLOS

CrowdfundersContent Mine

SPARC

The team, friends, family and partners


Co-leads and Co-foundersDavid CarrollMedical student. Belfast, Northern IrelandJoe McArthurAssistant Director, Right to Research Coalition. London, England.Georgina Taylor Medical and Arts student. Hobart, Australia.

CommunicationsDave Bennett (Coordinator)PhD student. London, England.Margaux Larre-PerezPhD Student. Paris, France.Megan WaplesMLIS Student. London, England.Lydia ZvyagintsevaGraduate student in Digital Humanities and Library and Information Studies. Alberta, Canada.Alexandra GiannopoulouPhD Law Student, Universite Paris II Pantheon AssasJess WarrenMA Publishing, University of Sydney

Community and AdvocacyReshma Ramachandran (Coordinator)MD/MPP Student. Providence, USA.Sarah Melton (Coordinator)PhD Student. Atlanta, USA.Consultation and PartnershipsMinuette Le (Coordinator)Researcher, Leuphana Universitaet. Berlin, Germany.Funding Natalia NororiMedical student. San Jose, Costa Rica.Joseph PaulBiology Student. North Carolina, USA.LaunchChealsye Bowley (Coordinator)Master of Library and Information Studies, and MSc in Science, Technology and Society. Florence, Italy and London, UK.Strategy LeadPenny Andrews

SecretariesLuke BarnesMolecular Biology student. Cardiff, WalesJuan López-TaveraMedical student. Mexico.Natalie CatherwoodMedical student. Belfast, Northern Ireland.Technology TeamMartin BentleyGeology/computing science MSc student. Port Elizabeth, South Africa.Rigel HopePast MembersHeidi DowdingJim McGrathRachael PattonFabian FalkenbachSucheta Tiwari

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These slides, videos and more:

bit.ly/RLUK-OAB

Questions?Email me: [email protected]

Tweet me: @mcarthur_joe


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