This presentation defines Open Access and gives an overview of the academic (teaching faculty) perspective on open access publishing and self-archiving and what it all means in the real-world university (library) environment. Some strategies are mentioned that could help the self-archiving movement.
The presentation includes data from a survey of professors in life sciences at 6 Quebec universities:
57% of respondents knew the concept of OA
The most popular sources of information about OA, in order:
Browsing the Web
Colleague
Article
Other means
Library
31% were familiar with the concept of self-archiving
12% reported previously self-archiving, but only 2% in an open archive (the others on a personal or lab site)
86% did not know if their university had an IR
51% believe that self-archiving in an open archive won't increase the impact of an article
83% would self-archive if their employer or funder required it
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.
