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Towards Open Access – which are the barriers to change

Towards Open Access – which are the barriers to change. Bo-Christer Björk Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration Helsinki, Finland. IST- 200 1- 3 3 127. IST- 200 1- 3 3 127. SciX project. Open, self organising repository for scientific information exchange

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Towards Open Access – which are the barriers to change

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  1. Towards Open Access – which are the barriers to change Bo-Christer Björk Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration Helsinki, Finland IST-2001-33127 IST-2001-33127

  2. SciX project • Open, self organising repository for scientific information exchange • European Commission funding €1.000.000 • IST-2001-33127, Key Action III • 200 person months • Project duration: 1.2.2002 - 31.5.2004 • Seven partners from six countries Björk 2003

  3. E-prints archive with initial content Enhanced E-journal Open Source application New knowledge about the scientific publishing process and how it is affected by the Internet SciX planned results For the construction IT Community For other academic Communities Björk 2003

  4. Björk 2003

  5. Raphael: Scuola di Atene The evolution of scientific communication: From the Greek philosophers to a global community connected by the Internet Björk 2003

  6. Björk 2003

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  8. Two interconnected paradigm shifts • From printed to electronic delivery • From subscription to a variety of business models Björk 2003

  9. Vaihtoehtoiset liiketoimintamallit Björk 2003

  10. What is Open Access • Making scientific content available for free on the WWW • Either as primary or secondary outlet • Certain forms of delayed publishing can also be regarded as Open Access Björk 2003

  11. Main OA channels ..... Björk 2003

  12. Open Access Journals Björk 2003

  13. Subject based e-print servers Björk 2003

  14. Institutional repositories Björk 2003

  15. Self-publishing Björk 2003

  16. How important is OA today? • Open Access Journals around 1 % • E-print servers important in some areas • Institutional repositories just starting • Self-publishing the most common method Björk 2003

  17. What are the main barriers? Björk 2003

  18. Means to overcome the barriers Björk 2003

  19. Improving the technical infrastructure Björk 2003

  20. Incentives for parallel publishing?! Björk 2003

  21. Raising awareness Björk 2003

  22. Marketing Björk 2003

  23. Integration with indexing services Björk 2003

  24. The predicament of journals from small language areas • In Scandinavia alone a few hundred peer reviewed scholarly journals published in the native languages of English • Shoe-string budgets • Largely Open Source like operations • Publicly subsidised to survive Björk 2003

  25. Björk 2003

  26. End The End Björk 2003

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