Que bom. Fico a disposicao tambem. Em adicao a New America foundation, sou fellow na SPARC.
Abs., Carol On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 6:19 AM, João Guilherme Camargo < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-br mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-br > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-br > > -- *Carolina Rossini* http://carolinarossini.net/ + 1 6176979389 *[email protected]* skype: carolrossini @carolinarossini
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