Introduction to Open Access (Post Finch Report). Part 1 of a series of short 2-3 minute presentations

1. What is Open Access?
Part 1 of “Open Access:
What, why, how and recent
developments”
james.bisset@durham.ac.uk

2. what?

3. “on average across the NHS, [only]
about a third of relevant journals
were available free at the point of
use”
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in
Heading for the Open Road: costs and benefits of transitions in
scholarly communications, RIN, PRC, Wellcome Trust, RLUK and
JISC, 2011.

4. “many researchers … in smaller and
less research-intensive institutions
… do not have access to a sufficiently-
wide range of titles”
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Access to
scholarly content: gaps and barriers, RIN, Publishing Research
Consortium and JISC, 2011.

5. “across central Government and its
agencies, some 17% of relevant articles
are available free at the point of use.”
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Heading for
the Open Road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly
communications, RIN, PRC, Wellcome Trust, RLUK and JISC, 2011.

6. “lack of access … may mean that
advice and inputs to policy-making
are delayed or incomplete."
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Rightscom.
Benefits of Open Access to Scholarly Research Outputs to the Public
Sector, Report for the Open Access Implementation Group, , 2012

7. “the voluntary sector … [often has to]
rely on reports from research
organisations and Government
departments"
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Office for
Public Management, Benefits of open access to scholarly research
for VCS organisations, JISC 2012.

8. An article that is
Open Access
can be
freely accessed
by anyone
in the world
using an
internet
connection.

9. no subscription...
...no login or password

11. Image Credits
[4] Via Flickr Creative Commons, and by jekert gwapo: Original available
here
[11] Created using http://photofunia.com/
[6] Via Flickr Creative Commons, and by Darwin Bell: Original available
here