The issue of reuse (and, consequently, of licensing) is actually residing in one of the neglected corners of the Open Access debate, whose primary focus so far was on making the scholarly literature accessible to researchers. OER is certainly one of the most prominent use cases beyond that initial scope.
While most Open Access publishers have a clear license statement somewhere, the case is less clear-cut for most repositories, since they are often restrained by the policies of the (typically many) publishers of which the repository hosts some materials. These publisher policies can all be looked up at places like http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/browse.php?colour=green but this is often very time-consuming. There are some repositories under reuse-friendly licenses, however. The most widely known, perhaps, is http://precedings.nature.com/ , which uses CC BY for all items therein. There is a discussion group dedicated to reuse aspects of Open Access: http://www.openaccessweek.org/group/reuse . Daniel On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi José > > Most Open Access sites have a license statement in the footer of the page or > in a page the provides details regarding their licensing (sometimes you > really have to look for it). For example: BMJ. They are listed on the Open > Access Week site, but most of the work they host is not "open",nevertheless > they do host articles that are Open Access and are under the CC license. > http://group.bmj.com/group/about/legal/terms/ > > > Ellen > > Ellen Marie Murphy > Director of Online Curriculum > SUNY Empire State College > 113 West Ave > Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 > 518-587-2100 Ext: 2961 > twitter: ellen_marie > > > > From: José Mota <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 11/23/2011 01:45 PM > Subject: [WikiEducator] Are open access repositories OER? > Sent by: [email protected] > ________________________________ > > > Hi :-), > > Many universities are setting up what they call "open access" repositories > where people can freely access scientific work (articles, dissertations, > etc.) online. However, most of them do not have a word on licensing, either > by displaying a CC license or by making explicit the terms of use of the > materials in the database. > > As I see it, anything available online (freely accessible) without a regular > CC license or a clear explanation of the terms of use should not count as an > OER, but I'd appreciate some grounded opinion on this, because I might be > wrong. So, my question is: are these repositories, or the items in them, > considered OER? > > Regards > > José Mota > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
