Open Access and Its Enemies J. Britt Holbrook Assistant Director

1. Open Access and Its Enemies J. Britt Holbrook Assistant Director Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity Research Assistant Professor, Philosophy University of North Texas britt.holbrook@unt.edu Futures of Academic Publishing: UNT's 4th Symposium on Open Access May 30, 2013, Dallas, TX

2. The Open Society and Its Enemies • anti-closed • anti-totalitarian • liberty • liberalism

3. The Specter of Neoliberalism

4. Free at Last? What do we mean by ‘freedom’?

5. Negative and Positive Freedom Negative freedom means freedom from …. Emphasizes individual liberty Sees all limitations on individual liberty as evils, only some of which are necessary Positive freedom means freedom for …. Emphasizes some sort of ‘positive’ account of liberty Sees some limitations on individual as opportunities to maximize self-determination

6. ‘Open’ Access? Negative freedom means freedom from …. Whether to publish in OA journal should be up to individual researcher. OA mandates of any sort are not necessary, just evil! Positive freedom means freedom for …. OA leads to greater impact! OA mandates will allow researchers to maximize their impact and allow science and society to benefit most from research.

7. Open Access as a Sociotechnical Imaginary OA is an attempt to enlist technology to co-produce a future for scholarly communication that we would like to see realized. Ultimately, OA rests on a positive view of freedom. Tactically, in order to implement OA … We need to realize and take to heart that many researchers – and many members of society – have a negative view of freedom. We should increase our own awareness of – and sensitivity to – instances in which individual liberties are impaired by OA. We also need to find ways to describe OA as getting rid of other ways in which individual liberties are impaired.

8. Open Access as a Sociotechnical Imaginary We also need a strategy, a long-term vision and goal, that helps overcome resistance to OA stemming from a negative view of freedom. We need to envision a republic of knowledge that includes the value of non-domination as a check on positive freedom. We need an account of impact, onethat is co-produced by researchers and those we intend to impact. We also need to introducea critical spirit into the OA movement, one that ought to replace mere enthusiasm or enthusiasm combined with technological determinism.

9. Visions of Impact

10. Visions of Impact

11. Visions of Impact

12. Visions of Impact What do these numbers actually mean?

13. Visions of Impact

14. 56 Indicators of Impact Meetings with important ppl Invitations to present Invitations to consult Invitations to evaluate Protests/demonstrations/ sit-ins Coining/debunking phrase or buzzword Trending in social media Esteem surveys Trust/reputation Rankings Blog mentions Student surveys Student testimonials Faculty recommendations Faculty award/prize Textbooks Influencing curriculum creation Participating in public education programs H-index G-index Universal H-index HM-index (standardizes co-authorship) Peer review Place of publication # of pubs # of citations Book sales Article Product downloads Website hits Media mentions Quotes in media Quotes in policy Developing a metric that people use Rabble rousing Muckraking Lawsuits Arrests Cited in testimonials Town hall meetings Social networking contacts Increased diversity Degree of ID/TD Degree of transformativity ID/TD rigor CSID advisors Special problem requests with CSID faculty Internationalization Grant $ Audience size @ CSID events Success of faculty fellows Esteem of senior fellows Success of graduate / UG presentations & grants Posters? Impact factor of journals in which CSID publishes Number ofAngry letters from important people Mention by policy makers

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