This document discusses open access to publicly funded research. It begins by noting that while the internet enables greater distribution of research, most publicly funded research cannot currently be accessed or reused by the public. It then introduces open access as a way to justify public funding of research by making it openly available. The document goes on to define open access in terms of access, technical formats, and copyright/licensing. It emphasizes that open licensing is important to allow legal reuse and sharing of research beyond just access. Finally, it provides an overview of Creative Commons licenses as a pragmatic solution that allows reuse while retaining author copyright.
7. 5. Open Access has emerged as the
most realistic way to justify public
expenditure on research
8. Open Access policies from public
funding bodies in all major Englishspeaking countries + EU
(but not New Zealand, yet)
9. Kiwi Open Access Logo by the
University of Auckland,
Libraries and Learning
Services is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution
3.0 Unported License.
24. Distribution to students, colleagues,
journalists, businesses.
Reuse by other researchers,
What is Copyright?
bloggers, journalists, publishers.
25. Distribution to students, colleagues,
journalists, businesses.
Reuse by other researchers,
What is Copyright?
bloggers, journalists, publishers.
Republication to new audiences
26. Distribution to students, colleagues,
journalists, businesses.
Reuse by other researchers,
What is Copyright?
bloggers, journalists, publishers.
Republication to new audiences
Translation to other languages
27. Also, without open licensing, your
(publicly funded) work may not enter the
commons for over 100 years (...)
28. …which makes life very hard for
libraries and archives who want to give
your work a second life.
Exhibit A:
29.
30. Exhibit B:
Heald, Paul J., How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear (and How Secondary Liability Rules
Help Resurrect Old Songs) (July 5, 2013). Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper
No. LBSS14-07; Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-54. Available at SSRN:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2290181 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2290181
31. Also, on what principle do you
prevent reuse of publicly
funded research?
53. CC Kiwi by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand is made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand
Licence.
54. The Remix Kiwi by CCANZ is based on a work by Creative Commons
Aotearoa New Zealand [LINK], which is made available under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
