Carolina, Isso foi muito esclarecedor para mim! Obrigado por repassar!
João. 2013/7/13 Carolina <[email protected]> > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* "Richard Poynder" <[email protected]> > *Date:* July 13, 2013, 5:54:05 AM EDT > *To:* <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[BOAI] Heather Joseph on the state of Open Access: Where are > we, what still needs to be done?* > *Reply-To:* [email protected] > > The fourth Q&A in a series exploring the current state of Open Access has > been published. On this occasion the questions are answered by Heather > Joseph <http://www.sparc.arl.org/about/staff/joseph.shtml>. **** > > ** ** > > A former journal publisher, Joseph has in her time worked for both > Elsevier and the American Society for Cell Biology. In 2005, however, she > changed direction and became Executive Director for the Scholarly > Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition > (SPARC<http://www.sparc.arl.org/about/staff/joseph.shtml>), > an alliance of academic and research libraries created in 1998 by the > Association of Research Libraries. SPARC’s original > mission<http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may00/johnson/05johnson.html>was to “use > libraries’ buying power to nurture the creation of > high-quality, low-priced publication outlets for peer-reviewed scientific, > technical, and medical research.”**** > > ** ** > > Subsequently SPARC also changed direction, becoming an OA advocacy group. > And under Joseph’s able leadership SPARC has proved extremely effective at > making the case for OA, and persuading researchers, institutions, funders > and governments to embrace OA. In particular, Joseph led SPARC’s efforts to > secure the US National Institutes of Health Public Access > Policy<http://publicaccess.nih.gov/>, > and the recent White House Directive on Public Access to the Results of > Publicly Funded > Research<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research> > .**** > > ** ** > > In May last > year<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Access2Research_Founders.JPG>, > for instance, Joseph — along with OA advocates John > Wilbanks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilbanks>and Michael > Carroll <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Carroll>, and publisher Mike > Rossner <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rossner> — met with John > Holdren <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holdren> and Mike > Stebbins<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stebbins>of the US Office of > Science and Technology Policy ( > OSPT <http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp>). As a follow-up > to the meeting they organised a White House > petition<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/require-free-access-over-internet-scientific-journal-articles-arising-taxpayer-funded-research/wDX82FLQ>calling > for “free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles > arising from taxpayer-funded research”. The petition quickly attracted the > requisite 25,000 signatures needed to trigger a response from the > government, which came this February in the shape of the White House > Memorandum<http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf> > .**** > > ** ** > > Importantly, the Memorandum directs “each Federal agency with over $100 > million in annual conduct of research and development expenditures to > develop a plan to support increased public access to the results of > research funded by the Federal Government”.**** > > ** ** > > But for me there is no better evidence of the efficacy of SPARC’s > activities than the contents of an exchange I had a couple of years ago > with an employee of one of the larger traditional scholarly publishers. > When I suggested that perhaps publishers ought to stop lobbying against OA > and learn to love it, my interlocutor’s face expressed a complicated mix of > emotions — including exasperation and muted anger, but also (I felt) some > admiration for the OA movement. He replied, “It’s not just publishers who > are lobbying you know.” Then a few seconds later he added, “I’ll tell you > what, if you can get SPARC to stop lobbying against us we will stop > lobbying against Open Access.”**** > > ** ** > > Since then the OA movement has gone from strength to strength, in what has > become a classic David and Goliath contest — a smallish group of > impecunious but tireless OA advocates lined up against an army of > well-heeled corporations determined to stop them. **** > > ** ** > > But how things will end we do not yet know. What is certain, as Joseph > concedes, is that “much still needs to be done” before the OA movement can > claim to have succeeded in its aims. **** > > ** ** > > Earlier contributors to this series include palaeontologist Mike > Taylor<http://poynder.blogspot.pt/2013/07/open-access-where-are-we-what-still.html>, > cognitive scientist Stevan > Harnad<http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/where-are-we-what-still-needs-to-be.html>, > and former librarian Fred > Friend<http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/fred-friend-on-state-of-open-access.html>. > **** > > ** ** > > Joseph’s Q&A can be read here:**** > > ** ** > > > http://poynder.blogspot.in/2013/07/heather-joseph-on-state-of-open-access.html > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > -- > To unsubscribe from the BOAI Forum, use the form on this page: > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/boai-forum > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-br mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-br > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-br > >
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