This slideshow was presented to the BioMed Central Roadshow in Auckland on 26 February, and outlines the benefits of open access and open licensing for researchers.

2. Our goal:
“Universal access to research
and education, full participation in
culture.”

3. More
free
More
restrictive
1
1. Free Licences

4. 2. Projects

5. First Point
Most publicly funded research is
inaccessible to the public.

6. Journalists

7. Open Education by Berkay Sargın from The Noun Project
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence
Teachers

8. Other Researchers

9. Students

10. MIT Reader Stories
“I am in-between post-docs and I am having difficulty
obtaining journal access”
–Post-doc, US
“I don’t have access to many articles due to … sanctions. … I
really appreciate this policy of MIT that helped me a lot.”
– Researcher, Middle East
“For a small, publicly funded …media like the one I direct…
academic knowledge… can be quite time-consuming and
often very expensive.”

11. Second point
The cost of scholarly publishing
has been rising steeply for
decades

12. *From 1986-2007, subscription
charges increased by 340%, four
times the rate of inflation*

13. “Continuing these subscriptions
on their current footing is
financially untenable.”

14. Third point
Researchers have not generally
chosen to voluntarily make their
research OA.

15. Of 1.1m scholarly articles:
80.4% could be OA after 1 year;
only 12% were.
Laakso, M. (2014). Green open access policies of scholarly journal publishers: a study of
what, when and where self-archiving is allowed. Scientometrics. In press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1205-3

17. Fourth point
Consequently, hundreds of
research funders and institutions
are adopting OA policies &
mandates

18. ‘OA Kiwi’ by University of Auckland
CC-BY

19. “Unless agreed otherwise... all
refereed research articles and
conference papers published in
refereed proceedings should be
submitted for deposit in the
Research Commons.”

20. “Lincoln University will actively
encourage all content produced by
staff … to be openly shared and
disseminated on the web.”

21. Sixth point
We recommend that OA policies
require immediate deposit (green
OA) and strongly encourage CC
licensing

22. Seventh point
Why Creative CommonsC?
Because open access only solves
half the problem; copyright is still
a major barrier.

23. Why use an open licence?
Distribution for educational
purposes

24. Why use an open licence?
Reuse beyond very limited 'Fair
Dealing' exceptions or collecting
society licences.

25. Why use an open licence?
Republication and translation

26. Why use an open licence?
If you don't, your work may not
enter the commons for over 100
years...

27. …which makes life very hard for
libraries and archives who want to give
your work a second life.
Exhibit A:

29. Eighth point
Creative Commons licences are
clear, simple, free, legally robust
and used by government.

30. Public Domain
Few Restrictions
All Rights Reserved
Few Freedoms
Some Rights Reserved
Range of Licence Options

31. Four Licence Elements

32. Attribution

33. Non Commercial

34. No Derivatives

35. Share Alike

36. Six Licences

37. More free More restrictive

38. Layers
Licence
symboll
Human readable
Lawyer readable

39. Go to creativecommons.org/choose

40. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cIW
mV5nCF8o97Nrb8wYZWfQ97FG-
4ylNuXezh2nlBBM/edit

41. Ninth point
How can I use CC?
→ try to retain copyright
→ if you pay APC, ensure it's CC
→ support the passage of strong
OA policies at your institution

42. Tenth point
Cabinet has strong policy
(NZGOAL) in support of open
access and open licensing in the
state sector

43. Eleventh point
You should plan *from the
beginning* to share your data,
w/a data management plan

44. Twelfth point
Also, support open educational
resources policy and practice

45. OERs are resources that are free
to copy, adapt & reuse

46. Textbooks have increased in price
by 812% from 1978 - 2013
(3x inflation)

48. Open Textbooks.

49. Open Textbooks.

50. Open Textbooks.
‘Opportunities’ by Giulia Forsythe
CC-BY
https://flic.kr/p/eRCY15

51. Open Higher Education

52. Final point
CC licensing is being adopted by
organisations across New Zealand

53. CC in Schools
50-100 schools using Creative
Commons to share resources

54. Geospatial data
National Imagery Photography by LINZ.
Licensed CC-BY
data.linz.govt.nz/data/category/aerial-photos/

55. Open Arts and Culture.
Concrete by Jem Yoshioka.
Licensed CC-BY-SA.
jemshed.com/comic/concrete/

56. ‘A Calm at a Mediterranean Port,’ 1770 by Claude-Joseph Vernet
No known copyright
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesOpen Heritage

58. Massed troops at a New Zealand Division thanksgiving service, World
War I. Ref: 1/2-013806-G. No known copyright.
http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22684353NLNZ; WW100

59. creativecommons.org.nz
nzcommons.org.nz
@cc_aotearoa
matt@creativecommons.org.nz
elizabeth@creativecommons.org.nz
groups.creativecommons.org.nz
(we're also on Loomio)
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