Thanks Heather and Anis,It is valuable to have the theoretical basis of Knowledge/Equity set out, and a summary of the field. I am particularly concerned that the major publishers (whether open or closed) and much academia do not espouse these values and are often "institutionally anti-Global South". I have already resigned from Editorial Board duties on Springer-Nature journals and am considering my position with another publisher (depending on their reply).
P. Minor irritation of the Handle system - "full text" points to the landing page rather than full text. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 8:07 AM Rob Johnson < rob.john...@research-consulting.com> wrote: > Dear Heather (and Anis), > > Thanks for sharing this. I’ve also found Ostrom’s work on the commons > helpful in assessing some of the emerging issues in this area, and you > might be interested to read an article I wrote on Plan S and the commons, > which also references Ostrom’s principles. I reached very similar > conclusions to you, arguing that there would be a need for ‘polycentricity’ > and ‘adaptative governance’ for the Plan to succeed – echoing your > observations on the value of collective choice, adaptation to local > conditions and ‘nested enterprises’. > > > > Johnson, Rob. 2019. “From Coalition to Commons: Plan S and the Future of > Scholarly Communication”. *Insights* 32 (1): 5. 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The concept of a ‘global knowledge > commons’ builds on the vision of the original Budapest Open Access > Initiative (2002) for the potential of combining academic tradition and the > internet to remove various access barriers to the scholarly literature, > thus laying the foundation for an unprecedented public good, uniting > humanity in a common quest for knowledge. The global knowledge commons is a > universal sharing of the knowledge of humankind, free for all to access > (recognizing reasons for limiting sharing in some circumstances such as to > protect individual privacy), and free for everyone qualified to contribute > to. The three models are Plan S / cOAlition S, an EU-led initiative to > transition all of scholarly publishing to an open access model on a short > timeline; the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services > (SCOSS), a recent initiative that builds on Ostrom’s study of the commons; > and PubMedCentral (PMC) International, building on the preservation and > access to the medical research literature provided by the U.S. National > Institutes of Health to support other national repositories of funded > research and exchange of materials between regions. The research will > involve analysis of official policy and background briefing documents on > the three initiatives and relevant historical projects, such as the > Research Council U.K.’s block grants for article processing charges, the > EU-led OA2020 initiative, Europe PMC and the short-lived PMC-Canada. > Theoretical analysis will draw on Ostrom’s work on the commons, theories of > development, under-development, epistemic / knowledge inequity and the > concepts of Chan and colleagues (2011) on the importance of moving beyond > north-to-south access to knowledge (charity model) to include > south-to-south and south-to-north (equity model). This model analysis > contributes to build a comparative view of transcontinental efforts for a > global knowledge commons building with shared values of open access, > sharing and collaboration, in contrast to the growing trend of > commodification of scholarly knowledge evident in both traditional > subscriptions / purchase-based scholarly publishing and in commercial open > access publishing. We anticipate that our findings will indicate that a > digital world of inclusiveness and reciprocity is possible, but cannot be > taken for granted, and policy support is crucial. Global communication and > information policy have much to contribute towards the development of a > sustainable global knowledge commons. > > Full text: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/40664 > > Cite as: Morrison, H. & Rahman, R. (2020). Knowledge and equity: analysis > of three models. *International Association of Communication and Media > Researchers (IAMCR) annual conference*, July 2020. > > Comments are welcome, either on list or on the blog: > > > https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2020/06/26/knowledge-and-equity-analysis-of-three-models/ > > > > best, > > > > Dr. Heather Morrison > > Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa > > Cross-appointed, Department of Communication > > Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa > > Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight > Project > > sustainingknowledgecommons.org > > heather.morri...@uottawa.ca > > https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=en#/members/706 > > [On research sabbatical July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020] > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > -- "I always retain copyright in my papers, and nothing in any contract I sign with any publisher will override that fact. 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