Open Access Publishing in CLA?
With the introduction of the possibility of developing iTunes U. podcasts, the issue of intellectual property and its relation to open access types of publications was raised at today’s CLA Technology Committee meeting. At the meeting, I had mentioned that the Harvard faculty had adopted an “open access” policy. Having faculty provide the initiative in this kind of endeavor is essential – since it affects the way we encourage student and review faculty performance. It would a great thing to start a discussion about this issue on campus given our public status and mission to improve communities. Here are some resources on OA: Chronicle of Higher Education Article on the Harvard Policy: http://chronicle.com/news/article/3943/harvard-faculty-adopts-open-access-requirement Faculty Policy at MIT http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/open-access-0320.html Financial Viability of Open Access Publishing http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/2009/03/financial-viability-of-open-access.html A Field Guide to Open Access Publishing http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-09.htm Open Access New Feed http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html UC Berkeley to Pay 100% of fees for open access publishing: http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/pmcblog/entry/uc_berkeley_to_cover_fees Cal state open access publishing in Physics http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/04/cal-state-moves-toward-joining-scoap3.html
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Establishing an “open access” policy that allowed CSULB lectures to be available on iTunes University would be a generous move on the part of faculty. Long Beach residents (namely me!) would get to benefit and it would generate a lot of goodwill between the college and the community. Cal State is a respected campus. I would love to see the entire Long Beach area get to participate in the learning process through lectures.