Really helpful! Thanks, Yana
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:40 PM, David Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh wow, thanks for that. I didn’t know it was recorded > > Thanks, > David > > On 16 Oct 2014, at 20:25, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Everything was recorded. Here it is, starting at 37:00: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzwlf_qKmc > > A. > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:34 AM, David Carroll <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I don’t think it was recorded as it wasn’t in the main auditorium. >> >> Hopefully Daniel remembers the fourth reason. >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> On 16 Oct 2014, at 19:26, Yana Welinder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks all! I'm sorry that I missed the OA panel at Wikimania. Does >> anyone know if there is a video of the panel? >> >> Thanks, >> Yana >> >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Melissa Hagemann < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Yana, >>> >>> To build on Daniel's comment re inclusion of OA in Wikimania this year, >>> Jimmy spoke on an OA panel Daniel and I participated in. Jimmy gave four >>> great reasons as to why OA is important to Wikimedia. Unfortunately, I was >>> chairing the session, and didn't write them all down, but perhaps Daniel >>> remembers, as Jimmy framed his talk very well. I believe three of them were: >>> >>> OA is important to Wikimedia as it provides access to research in: >>> - developing countries >>> - everyone with Jack Andraka as an example >>> - the OA scholarly research which is made available which can be used to >>> develop WMF projects >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Melissa Hagemann >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Mietchen >>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:42 AM >>> To: Open Access discussions >>> Subject: Re: [OpenAccess] Blog post on Open Access >>> >>> Thanks, Yana. Comments inline. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:52 AM, Yana Welinder <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > We are doing a guest blog post on open access for EFF next week. >>> Cool! >>> >>> > >>> > Free as in Open Access and Wikipedia >>> > >>> > >>> > Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia sites are closely connected to open >>> > access ideals >>> "ideals" has a bit too much of a romantic connotation here. Something >>> like "goals" would be better, I think. >>> >>> > of making scholarship freely available and reusable. Consistent with >>> > these ideals, the Wikimedia sites make information available to >>> > internet users around the world free of charge in hundreds of >>> > languages. Wikimedia content can also be reused under its free >>> > licenses. The content is enriched by citations to open access >>> > scholarship, and the Wikimedia sites play a unique role in making >>> > academic learning easily available to the world. As the next >>> > generation of scholars embraces open access principles to become a >>> > true Generation Open, >>> - the video linked there is licensed -NC-ND (as displayed shortly before >>> the end, and contrary to the CC BY indicated in the metadata), so I would >>> not link to it. >>> - "true" in such contexts is also problematic, especially near non-open >>> licenses and considering that open access refers only to access to (some of >>> the) final outputs of research, rather than all outputs and the entire >>> process. >>> >>> > we will move closer to "a world in which every single human being can >>> > freely share in the sum of all knowledge." >>> > >>> > >>> > To write and edit Wikipedia, contributors need to access high quality >>> > independent sources. Unfortunately, paywalls and copyright >>> > restrictions often prevent the use of academic journals to write >>> > Wikipedia articles and enrich them with citations. Citations are >>> > particularly important to allow readers to verify Wikipedia articles >>> > and learn more about the topic from the underlying sources. Given the >>> > importance of open access to Wikipedia, the Wikimedia community of >>> > contributors has set up >>> I don't think that "set up" should be linked, and the link currently in >>> there is not a good fit anyway (it would fit better to the "importance of >>> open access to Wikipedia" phrase above or the "closely connected" one from >>> the introductory sentence, or the "reciprocal relationship" below). >>> >>> > a WikiProject Open Access to >>> > improve open access-related articles on Wikipedia >>> and to increase the reuse of open-access materials on Wikimedia >>> platforms more generally, e.g. as per >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Open_Access_Media_Importer_Bot >>> or >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness >>> . >>> For an overview of activities, see the monthly reports at >>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:This_Month_in_GLAM_Open_Access_reports >>> . >>> >>> > and create an Open Access >>> > Policy for research projects with the support of the Wikimedia >>> Foundation. >>> Those were not the goals of the creation of the WikiProject, and the >>> policy - which is still in draft stage, by the way - has not received >>> support from the Foundation, and that link is to a page that is misleading >>> in the context of this blog post, as it only clarifies the meaning of the >>> term "significant support" for the purposes of that draft policy. >>> >>> > Great potential lies in the reciprocal relationship between the open >>> > access scholarship that enriches Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s promotion >>> > of primary sources. As a secondary source, Wikipedia does not publish >>> > ideas or facts that are not supported by reliable and published >>> > sources. Wikipedia has tremendous power as a platform for relaying the >>> > outcomes of academic study by leading over 400 million monthly >>> > visitors to underlying scholarship cited in articles. Just as a >>> > traditional encyclopedia would, Wikipedia can make the underlying >>> > research easier to find. But unlike a traditional encyclopedia, it >>> > provides free access and free reuse to all. In that sense, Wikipedia >>> is an ideal secondary source for open access research. >>> Here, it would be appropriate to mention the Open Access Reader project: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Reader . >>> >>> > In light of this, we are thrilled to see Generation Open blooming. >>> Not sure what you see blooming here. >>> >>> > The >>> > Digital Commons Network now boasts 1,109,355 works from 358 >>> institutions. >>> Most of these are actually not openly licensed. >>> >>> > The Directory of Open Access Journals further has over 10,035 journals >>> "over 10,000" would be more appropriate. >>> >>> > from 135 countries. >>> > >>> > Esteemed law journals such as the Harvard Journal of Law and >>> > Technology, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, and Michigan Law Review >>> > subscribe to the Open Access Law Program, which encourages them to >>> > archive their articles under open access principles. >>> These journals archive their content under free-to-read principles, with >>> limited options for reuse. See also >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Open_Access_Initiative#Definition_of_open_access >>> . >>> >>> > Wikipedians are also contributing to the body of published open access >>> > scholarship. Earlier this month, four Wikipedians published an article >>> > on Dengue fever in Open Medicine (an open access and peer-reviewed >>> > journal) based on a Wikipedia article that was collaboratively edited >>> > by 1,369 >>> "over 1,300" may be better here >>> >>> > volunteers and bots. In addition to providing an open access scholarly >>> > article on this important topic, this publication validated that >>> > Wikipedia's editorial process can produce high quality content outside >>> > traditional academia. >>> Yes. >>> >>> It is worth mentioning that many more Wikipedia articles already >>> incorporate text from openly licensed scholarly articles (cf. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_text_from_open_access_publications >>> ) and that a subset thereof (cf. >>> >>> http://topicpages.ploscompbiol.org/wiki/Category:PLoS_Computational_Biology_articles >>> ) >>> have actually been written by scholars for that purpose and published in >>> a peer-reviewed journal. >>> >>> > Placing scholarship behind paywalls has the effect of relegating new >>> > advances in human knowledge to small academic communities. As more >>> > academics allow their work to be shared freely, online secondary >>> > sources like Wikipedia will play a large role disseminating the >>> > knowledge to more people in new regions and on different devices. >>> Yup. Perhaps worth mentioning that there was an entire Wikimania track >>> devoted to Open Scholarship this year (with a focus on Open Access; >>> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Scholarship ) and that >>> Wikimedia-related talks have been given at Open Access meetings (e.g. >>> >>> http://river-valley.zeeba.tv/transparency-in-measures-of-scientific-impact/ >>> or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Talks/COASP_2014 >>> ). >>> >>> Last but not least, Open Access Week has a Wikidata item ( >>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000002 ) and that Wikimedians have >>> actively participated in it in the past (e.g. >>> https://p2pu.org/en/groups/open-access-wikipedia-challenge/ ). >>> >>> Looking forward to the next version of your post, Daniel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenAccess mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenAccess mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenAccess mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess >> >> >> David Carroll >> Open Access Button <https://www.openaccessbutton.org/> Project Lead >> [email protected] >> @davidecarroll >> ---- >> I prefer to use encrypted email. 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