We conclude this series to celebrate Open Access week with an interview with Colleen Campbell, who leads external engagement in the OA transition at the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). As coordinator of the OA2020 Initiative, she focuses on capacity-building activities to empower librarians and other stakeholders with strategic insights and essential skills as theyContinue reading " Open Access: poised for a great future!"
Losing the Forest Through the Trees: Bringing the Goals of the OA Movement Back into Focus
After looking through this year’s OA Week events, I made a note to come back to a few events like “All research results should be made public. CHANGE MY MIND!”. While there were other events that were both eye-catching and worthwhile in the events roster, there was a noticeable lack of content on furthering theContinue reading "Losing the Forest Through the Trees: Bringing the Goals of the OA Movement Back into Focus"
Open Access: the Asian perspective
Views from Malaysia and China At its outset, the Open Access movement focused especially on Europe, where it was pushed forward significantly by the twin drivers of national mandates and funder stipulations. Australia and New Zealand were also quick to embrace OA. It reached the rest of the world in a slower and more measuredContinue reading "Open Access: the Asian perspective"
Open Access: the American perspective
The view from the USA The USA is a pivotal country in the development and success of the Open Access project. There is no federal mandate obliging authors to observe the tenets of OA, but some states have come close to making this a requirement. Funders are particularly powerful in this context, since they canContinue reading "Open Access: the American perspective"
Exploring Scholarly Publishing: The Complex Journey Towards Open Access
The view from Germany Germany was one of the first countries to adopt an organized approach to Open Access. In 2016 it set up Projekt DEAL to negotiate Read & Publish agreements with publishers. In our second post to celebrate Open Access Week, Dr Gernot Deinzer reviews the successes and challenges of the OA movementContinue reading "Exploring Scholarly Publishing: The Complex Journey Towards Open Access"
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