What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or holder. Peter suber characterizes the core concept of open access this way. As a professor of philosophy during the early days of the internet, he realized its power and. Peter suber, writings on open access earlham college. Home open access research guides at university of houston. Supplementary material and links to other editions is available at the books web page. Peter subers open access book is now freely available. He describes historical global movements of open access to scholarly literature for bringing transparency and enhancing accessibility to public funded research results. Jun 14, 2018 peter subers open access mit press, 2012 is a brief and very accessible primer on the concepts and practice of open access publishing. Open educational resources oer are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission.
Peter suber, a leading theorist of open access and a prominent voice in the oa movement, is director of the harvard office for scholarly communication, director of the harvard open access project, faculty fellow at the berkman center, senior researcher at sparc, and research professor of philosophy at earlham college. History of open access peter suber harvard university. Influential writings make the case for open access to research, explore its implications, and document the early struggles and successes of the open access movement. Green oa this method allows the author to place a version of the published research in various platforms, including disciplinary repositories e. Pdf on apr 1, 2014, filippo bruni and others published peter suber, open access. Evidence gathered through a recent survey on open access oa shows that, for over 80 per cent of outputs in the scope of the policy, either the outputs met the ref policy requirements in the first year 1 april 2016 to 1 april 2017, or an exception to. On the changing infrastructure of scholarly communication. Oa removes price barriers subscriptions, licensing fees, payperview fees and permission barriers most and licensing restrictions. Jun 26, 2014 for an indepth definition of oa, see peter subers great introduction.
Suber is known as a leading voice in the open access movement, and as the. Suber, peter, open access, mit press, cambridge, ma. Arxiv or pubmed central, institutional repositories e. Peter suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open access since 2003. He is specialised in the history of western philosophy and the philosophy of law and also a nonpracticing lawyer. Peter suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open. Few formats fit better marshall macluhans dictum that the medium is the message than open access does. Openaccess oa literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most and licensing restrictions. The largest obstacles to open access are unfamiliarity and. Principles for free access to science,22 and world summit on the information societys declaration of principles23 and plan of action24 see peter subers timeline of the open access movement for others25. Home open access and scholarly publishing libguides at.
Reid cornwell, perspective on openaccess publishing. The forum associated with the eprints archiving software. Peter subers open access book is now freely available under an openaccess license filed under. The full text of the book is freely available here, as an open access oa publicat. This is an introduction to open access oa for those who are new to the concept. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Jan 01, 2012 this is exactly the kind of book about open access that a tenured professor at an elite university is bound to produce.
A very brief introduction to open access by peter suber. Open access is made possible by the internet and holder consent, and many authors, musicians, filmmakers, and other creators who depend on royalties are understandably unwilling to give their consent. Oct 10, 2014 peter suber, director of the harvard library office for scholarly communication, answers the questions. Seismic shifts in academic publishing over the past decade continue to have a major impact on scholarly and research communities. Mit press essential knowledge includes bibliographical references and index. I have worked fulltime for a decade to foster open access. Open access an introduction by the scholarly publishing and academic resources coalition. The continued relevance of peter subers 2012 book on open. Evidence gathered through a recent survey on open access oa shows that, for over 80 per cent of outputs in the scope of the policy, either the outputs met the ref policy requirements in the first year 1 april 2016 to 1 april 2017, or an exception to the policy requirement is known to have applied. Peter suber, open access overview definition, introduction. It was estimated that there were around 19,500 articles published open. Jun 18, 2017 few formats fit better marshall macluhans dictum that the medium is the message than open access does. The largest obstacles to open access are unfamiliarity and misunderstanding of open access itself. Advocates of open access frequently speak of it as a movement.
Peter suber s book open access provides an easytoread compendium of answers to many questions and blows up some of the canards that have been flying around the ether. In this concise introduction, peter suber tells us what open access is and isnt, how it benefits authors and readers of research, how we pay for it, how it avoids problems, how it has moved from the periphery to the mainstream, and what its future may hold. Knowledge is open if anyone is free to access, use, modify, and share it. A study on the development of publishing of open access journals from 1993 to 2009 published in 2011 suggests that, measured both by the number of journals as well as by the increases in total article output, direct gold open access journal publishing has seen rapid growth particularly between the years 2000 and 2009. Jun 18, 20 if you never got around to buying peter subers book about open access oa publishing 1 for busy people, you might be pleased to learn that its now freely available under an openaccess license.
Principles for free access to science,22 and world summit on the information societys declaration of principles23 and plan of action24 see peter suber s timeline of the open access movement for others25. The book is itself available on an open access basis in epub, mobi, pdf, and html formats and is highly recommended to anyone seeking an introduction to the subject. Peter subers book open access published in 2012 by the mit press. Peter suber has speculated that open access will extend its scope of coverage in. Open access by peter suber is now open access if you never got around to buying peter suber s book about open access oa publishing 1 for busy people, you might be pleased to learn that its now freely available under an open access license. The plos shorthand definition free availability and unrestricted use succinctly captures both elements. For an indepth definition of oa, see peter subers great introduction. Peter dain suber born november 8, 1951 is a philosopher specializing in the philosophy of law and open access to knowledge. Peter suber 1,2 nature geoscience volume 2, page 155 2009cite this article. Group on open access joined the call for an oa mandate. Oct 21, 2016 in the run up to open access week, weve invited peter suber, director of the harvard office for scholarly communication and author of the seminal book, open access, to discuss the state of open. He is thus the ideal person to provide an insiders expert overview and summary of this form of publishing while mounting a persuasive argument in favour of the extensive advantages. The movement to transform scholarly publishing to an open access model is supported by. The forum associated with the budapest open access initiative.
About open access open educational resources libguides. Some publishers allow their final version usually a pdf to be selfarchived, while others only allow the. He describes historical global movements of open access to scholarly literature for bringing transparency and. Nobody has yet written a comprehensive history of open access oa, and i dont plan to.
This is exactly the kind of book about open access that a tenured professor at an elite university is bound to produce. Peter suber is director of the harvard open access project, and has been a champion of the open access momentum since the budapest op. There are several reasons why open access is such a hot topic in academia, and specifically in libraries. Peter suber, very brief introduction to open access. The book is itself available on an open access basis in epub, mobi, pdf, and html formats and is highly recommended to anyone. In the run up to open access week, weve invited peter suber, director of the harvard office for scholarly communication and author of the seminal book. Pdf on apr 1, 20, rob harle and others published open access by peter suber find, read and cite all the research you need on. Publication date 2012 usage attributionnoncommercial 3. Peter suber peter suber is an internationally acclaimed expert on open access to knowledge. A concise introduction to the basics of open access, describing what it is and isnt and showing that it is easy, fast, inexpensive, legal, and. The proportion of ukauthored articles published open access rose from 12% in 2012 to 30% in 2016, an annual growth rate of over 30% sustained throughout the period the global proportion of articles accessible for public view after 12 months via gold or green oa rose from 25% to 32% between 2012 and 2016. Peter subers open access mit press, 2012 is a brief and very accessible primer on the concepts and practice of open access publishing.
Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Tagteam ref 2021 decisions on staff and outputs peter. The open access pdf and other online editions of this book is available from dash digital access to scholarship. On february, two days before the brussels conference and in the same city, 15 belgian university rectors and two government ministers signed the berlin declaration on open access to knowledge. Philosopher, jurist, and onetime standup comic, peter suber was one of the small group of people invited by the soros foundation to the budapest open access initiative meeting held in hungary in 2001. Peter suber, being an ardent open access philosopher, supporter and advocate, writes different dimensions of open access movement in this book.
Introduction open access library guides at lehigh university. Authors peter suber peter suber, a leading theorist of open access and a prominent voice in the oa movement, is director of the harvard office for scholarly communication, director of the harvard open access project, faculty fellow at the berkman center, senior researcher at sparc, and research professor of philosophy at earlham college. A white paper of the mit ad hoc task force on open access to mits research. Peter suber, director of the harvard library office for scholarly communication, answers the questions. I hope its short enough to read, long enough to be useful, and organized to let you skip around and dive into detail only where you want detail. Other leading protagonists and cofounders of the oa movement were, or are, peter suber, director of the harvard office for scholarly communication and a. But many of my writings and projects over the years will help those who want to study that history. Peter suber s open access book is now freely available under an open access license filed under. That is to say, while some of the definitions of terms green open access, libre open access, etc are useful, and the call for freedom of access to and generation of new kinds of knowledge is pleasingly utopian, peter suber clearly has no real understanding of what its like. Peter subers book open access published in 2012 by the mit press intends to be an authoritative source of reference on the notion of open access, its historical roots, its variegated models, policies proffered in its support, its possible scope, its implications, its. In 2016 sparc advanced the theme for international open access week as open in action, encouraging all stakeholders to implement effective measures to advance open access and encourage others to do likewise. First, it addresses intellectual rights issues hence the unrestricted part of the definition. Open access may have begun simply because the web allowed for easy sharing, but it has evolved into. An introduction by peter suber, director of the harvard office for scholarly communication and the harvard open access project.
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