Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe

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dc.contributor.authorBonaccorso, Elisaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBozhankova, Renetaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCadena, Carlos Den_ZA
dc.contributor.authorČapská, Veronikaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCzerniewicz, Lauraen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEmmett, Adaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOludayo, Folorunso Fen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGlukhova, Nataliaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Marc Len_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHladnik, Miranen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGrillet, María Een_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIndrawan, Mochamaden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKapović, Mateen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKleiner, Yurien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-24T10:10:49Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T10:10:49Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA level playing field is key for global participation in science and scholarship, particularly with regard to how scientific publications are financed and subsequently accessed. However, there are potential pitfalls of the so-called "Gold" open-access (OA) route, in which author-paid publication charges cover the costs of production and publication. Gold OA plans in which author charges are required may not solve the access problem, but rather may shift the access barrier from reader to writer. Under such plans, everyone may be free to read papers, but it may still be prohibitively expensive to publish them. In a scholarly community that is increasingly global, spread over more and more regions and countries of the world, these publication access barriers may be quite significant. In the present paper, a global suite of colleagues in academe joins this debate. The group of colleagues, a network of researchers active in scholarly publishing, spans four continents and multiple disciplines in the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences, as well as diverse political and economic situations. We believe that this global sampling of researchers can provide the nuance and perspective necessary to grasp this complex problem. The group was assembled without an attempt to achieve global coverage through random sampling. This contribution differs from other approaches to the open-access problem in several fundamental ways. (A) It is scholar-driven, and thus can represent the ‘other side of the coin' of scholarly communication. (B) It focuses on narrative report, where scholars were free to orient their responses as they saw fit, rather than being confined to binary or scalar choices. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, (C) it distinguishes among institutions and countries and situations, highlighting inequalities of access among wealthy and economically-challenged nations, and also within countries depending on the size and location of particular institutions.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBonaccorso, E., Bozhankova, R., Cadena, C. D., Čapská, V., Czerniewicz, L., Emmett, A., ... Kleiner, Y. (2014). Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2345en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBonaccorso, Elisa, Reneta Bozhankova, Carlos D Cadena, Veronika Čapská, Laura Czerniewicz, Ada Emmett, Folorunso F Oludayo, et al "Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe." (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2345en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBonaccorso, E., Bozhankova, R., Cadena, C., Čapská, V., Czerniewicz, L., Emmett, A., Oludayo, F., Glukhova, N., et al. 2014. Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Bonaccorso, Elisa AU - Bozhankova, Reneta AU - Cadena, Carlos D AU - Čapská, Veronika AU - Czerniewicz, Laura AU - Emmett, Ada AU - Oludayo, Folorunso F AU - Glukhova, Natalia AU - Greenberg, Marc L AU - Hladnik, Miran AU - Grillet, María E AU - Indrawan, Mochamad AU - Kapović, Mate AU - Kleiner, Yuri AB - A level playing field is key for global participation in science and scholarship, particularly with regard to how scientific publications are financed and subsequently accessed. However, there are potential pitfalls of the so-called "Gold" open-access (OA) route, in which author-paid publication charges cover the costs of production and publication. Gold OA plans in which author charges are required may not solve the access problem, but rather may shift the access barrier from reader to writer. Under such plans, everyone may be free to read papers, but it may still be prohibitively expensive to publish them. In a scholarly community that is increasingly global, spread over more and more regions and countries of the world, these publication access barriers may be quite significant. In the present paper, a global suite of colleagues in academe joins this debate. The group of colleagues, a network of researchers active in scholarly publishing, spans four continents and multiple disciplines in the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences, as well as diverse political and economic situations. We believe that this global sampling of researchers can provide the nuance and perspective necessary to grasp this complex problem. The group was assembled without an attempt to achieve global coverage through random sampling. This contribution differs from other approaches to the open-access problem in several fundamental ways. (A) It is scholar-driven, and thus can represent the ‘other side of the coin' of scholarly communication. (B) It focuses on narrative report, where scholars were free to orient their responses as they saw fit, rather than being confined to binary or scalar choices. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, (C) it distinguishes among institutions and countries and situations, highlighting inequalities of access among wealthy and economically-challenged nations, and also within countries depending on the size and location of particular institutions. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication PY - 2014 T1 - Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe TI - Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2345 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/2345
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBonaccorso E, Bozhankova R, Cadena CD, Čapská V, Czerniewicz L, Emmett A, et al. Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2345.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communicationen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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