Queridos colegas:
Os mando la convocatoria de un simposio a celebrar el próximo mes de
enero en Berlín sobre Open Access.
El mensaje se está enviando a través de distintos medios, por lo que
ruego nos disculpéis si lo recibís más de una vez.
Gracias y un saludo,
Sergio Ruiz - SOAP Project
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The SOAP Symposium.
Study of Open Access Publishing. What publishers offer, what researchers
want.
Facts for publishers, funding agencies and libraries.
The SOAP project (Study of Open Access Publishing http://soap-fp7.eu),
describes and analyses the open access publishing landscape as well as
exploring the risks and opportunities of the transition to open access
publishing for libraries, publishers and funding agencies. The project
partners would like to invite you to the SOAP Symposium
on January 13th, 2010 in Berlin, at the Harnack House (the day after the
APE2011 conference)
Attendance is free but registration is mandatory at
http://indico.cern.ch/event/soap-symposium
This event will present the final results of SOAP. Definitive facts
about open access publishing with in-depth analysis will foster a lively
debate between key stakeholders who will elaborate on these
groundbreaking findings.
The audience for this event are publishers (open access and not)
(re-)considering their business models, libraries considering financial
steps for the support of open access, funding agencies and policy makers
evaluating options for open access publishing. And of course anyone with
a keen interest in this transformative disruption in scholarly
communication.
Over its two-years duration, the project has performed the most detailed
study so far of the current supply and success of gold open access
journals, publishers and models, spotlighting the amazing difference
between large and small publishing houses and learned societies,
licensing practices and business models. (A summary of results is
available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0506).
The project performed a comprehensive survey of opinions and attitudes
on open access of 50000 researchers across all disciplines and around
the world. This largest survey to date shows that "one size does not fit
all", and there is a myriad factors that libraries, publishers and
funding agencies have to consider to trace a path through these shifting
sands (Preliminary results were presented at COASP 2010:
http://www.slideshare.net/projectSoap/first-results-of-the-soap-projects).
By the time of the workshop, the “demand” for open access publishing and
the “supply” will have been further analysed with further input from
leaders in the field, presenting a picture of open access, and well
established facts, on which to base decisions shaping the scholarly
communication of the future.
The event will also celebrate the release in the public domain of the
data collected by the SOAP survey, with a hands-on workshop for those
interested in mining this valuable resource for further re-use.
Note: The project is funded by the European Commission and comprises
publishers (BioMed Central, SAGE Publication Ltd., Springer Science and
Business Media), research institutions (CERN - European Organization for
Nuclear Research, Max Planck Society) and funding agencies (STFC -
Science & Technology Facilities Council UK).
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Sergio Ruiz, MBA
Junior Scientific Information Officer
FP7 Open Access Projects
CERN Scientific Information Service
Open Access Section
+ 41 22 767 7846
sergio.r...@cern.ch
C27910, CERN, CH1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
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