William Spivey, Developing an Open Access Class for Authors, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2, 2, (2005). Only this abstract is free online, at least so far: 'In early 2004, the Ehrman Medical Library, New York University School of Medicine, decided to offer formal instruction to its authors within the medical school on Open Access publishing. The Library's approach was to engage faculty in a dialogue on the nature of scholarly communication, and to offer Open Access as an alternative model to traditional publishing. Components of the class included definitions and description of Open Access, a survey of key players in the movement, and a review of benefits and concerns for those who choose to publish in an Open Access publication. A section on starting an Open Access journal was developed later. Future integration of the class with the existing Library Research Skills program is under discussion.'
(PS: This is an excellent idea. Authors form the audience we most need to address. An ideal course for authors would spend as much time on OA archiving as it does on OA journals.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/11/2005 01:32:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
