http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/open_access PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44882 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44882 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44880 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44880 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44879 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44879 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44877 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44877 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44875 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44875 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44874 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44874 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44873 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44873 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44105 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44105 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44101 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44101 <p>Open Access (Lund) conference proceedings</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44041 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/44041 <p>article/author fees specified for various OA publishers</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/43841 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/43841 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/43732 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/43732 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42992 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42992 <p> <p>he dominant project of cyberlaw is to parse the implications of the Internet's structural rules or "code." n302 Legal scholars seeking to explain the Internet's dynamism as a unified platform have emphasized a particular structural factor: the so-called "end-to-end" model. n303 An end-to-end network is one that pushes control out to the endpoints. n304 The network focuses on moving bits from one place to another, without considering what those bits contain. Any edge device, such as a computer or mobile phone, can add a new application, and those edge devices are solely responsible for factors such as reliability and security that ensure the success of that application. Because innovations do not require the consent or updating of the network core, those innovations can be deployed more quickly.n305 As edge devices become more powerful, which they do as computing power improves over time, their enhancements can immediately be joined to the network. So, new services such as Google, Skype, Hotmail, Facebook, and Amazon.com can catch on and grow rapidly, generating significantly more social and economic benefits than in a network like the PSTN, where central control nodes must approve new features. n306</p> <p>The end-to-end model emphasizes only one side of the equation - the edges. The Internet gives extraordinary power to its endpoints, but it also embodies linkages between those endpoints, and between &nbsp;[*400] &nbsp;aggregations of systems that connect into a composite network. The fact that the edges of the network define the applications say nothing about how those edges are wired together. An endpoint can offer a brilliant innovation, but such innovation will be of no value if other endpoints cannot access it, or cannot access it easily. n307 Something more than the end-to-end principle must explain how the Internet holds together.</p> </p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42656 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42656 <p>Several student groups from various institutions and organizations have compiled a statement containing what they believe are every student's rights when it comes to doing scholarly research. This lofty letter or declaration seems to mimic the universal declaration of human rights, except of course this has to do with research. The large majority of this declaration deals specifically with Open Access and how all copyrighted materials should be, or take the form of, Open Access works when it is being used by a student performing research. The main arguments for Open Access regard the benefits toward the advancement of scholarship, the prestige of scholars, and the enrichment of education.</p> <p>The above article will be used to further the idea of the ideal librarian in the patron's minds. In particular, my essay will address university patron's (students and scholars). Using the Right to Research and citing its declaration will help to define what university students and scholars believe to be their rights when they are conducting research. Libraries are of course heavily relied upon when conducting serious scholarly research, thus the Right to Research doctrine should be something all libraries have in mind as an ideal scenario for their patrons.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42649 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42649 <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: #ffffff; background-position: initial initial; margin: 8px;"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </span></p> <p>This article aims to argue for the benefits of all scholarly journals being Open Access. Authors argue that non-open access journals are significantly detrimental to an authors' research impact. Their argument is that even if all journals charged an at-cost price for their content no (or very few) libraries would be able to afford all journals in this situation. The article gives excellent statistical information, including charts and grafts depicting the impact that Open Access has on citations, downloads, budgets, and institutional archive growth.</p> <p>This article explores the benefits of open access publication to scholars and researchers in so much as Open Access will greatly increase their research impact because a ten-fold number of other researchers will be able to review their work. By referring to some of the statistics and information the authors of this article have compiled, I will further list the importance of why pushing publishers toward Open Access or "less astringent copyright practices" is of extreme importance in today's library fields. Undoubtedly, pushing information on why pushing publishers toward O.A. would help library's with their budgets, but also would increase library usage. However, I think it is also important to argue librarians have a duty to further scholarship, showing that O.A. helps facilitate research and increase citations and articles downloads will be an extremely efficient way of doing this.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/project/42818 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/project/42818 Traditionally, librarians have been viewed as gatekeepers (among other things). However, Librarians (for the most part) view themselves as catalysts helping patrons getting the material they want as quickly and as "painlessly" as possible. For most patrons the ideal librarian is one who can find whatever information they need quickly, easily, possibly be able to teach them how to do it themselves, and -- most importantly -- do all of this for free. Most librarians, I assert, want to be the patron's ideal librarian. So, why then are librarians gatekeepers -- shouldn't librarians be ignoring copyright all-together in order to be the ideal librarian? The answer is that most librarians don't feel as if copyright law is some moral code they must abide by; rather, most librarians are afraid their library is going to get sued. Is having one's library being sued a legitimate fear for librarians? I argue that it is not a legitimate fear. In addition, library's and librarians have come to a breaking point in regards to copyright. Library's can barely afford the high prices for copyrighted material and most librarians believe there needs to be a universal embrace of open access in order for libraries to continue providing the services they have historically provided. Librarians need to be rebellious against copyright in order to push publishers away from price-gouging and the strangle-hold they have over their content. If librarians adopt an end-to-end policy, learn to circumvent copyright law as legally as possible, and know how likely it is that their library will be sued, then librarians will finally be taking a truly proactive and rebellious stance against copyright. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42657 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42657 <p>This article elaborates as to what Open Access both is and is not. The author, Leslie Chan, argues that Open Access is not a way of circumventing Copyright, but is an important concept which needs to be adopted by any author who publishes. Chan lists some benefits to scholars, researchers, students, and libraries when adopting open access. One very important contribution to scholarship that has been seldom mentioned is that author's claim that funding for research should dramatically increased when Open Access publishing becomes more prevalent. Chan's argument is that citations, downloads, and intellectual prestige will increase as information becomes free and more easily accessible, giving government organizations and other funding institutions more reason to support researchers and scholar. Chan finally attempts to form an action plan and what steps can be taken to ensure increased open access, including the use of O.A. repositories.&nbsp;</p> <p>In my essay I plan to address at least two concepts in Chan's article. First I think it important to at least mention Chan's theory about funding increases for scholars who publish in Open Access resources. This may or may not bring up a discussion where I will try to incite Librarians that it is important for librarians to not only care about library budgets and bringing information to patrons, but also the need for librarians to be facilitators of research. In other words, argue that librarians should feel connected to the scholarly community even if they do not do scholarly research themselves -- librarians should want the scholarly community and scholarly communication to flourish. I do plan on addressing Chan's comment that O.A. is not a way of circumventing copyright. Though I agree O.A. is not a way of circumventing copyright, I will point out that many of the most prestigious publishers are simply not open access. Considering this, I will argue it is important to push copyright publishers toward O.A. publishing.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42650 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42650 <p>The above article revolves mostly around the the use of electronic reserves at university libraries and what copyright restrictions apply to the use of E-Res. Also, it discusses various court cases involving copyright and attempts to form a listing of percentages of work that could be used without infringement. By doing this the authors attempt to form a more 'objective' and concrete idea of what constitutes copyright infringement. In addition, the authors argue against using the Copyright Act of 1976 as a guideline for libraries, stating that it does not accurately depict fair use.</p> <p>This article will be extremely useful to me because it attempts to objective numbers as to where copyright infringement begins and fair use ends. Also, it explains the awareness of copyright law by various individuals who work in and around a library. By using some of the information compiled from this article I intend to show how unlikely it is to expect a librarian to do the calculations and to have a cogent knowledge of what is fair-use and what constitutes infringement. Also, by concurring with this article's authors on the unreliability of the copyright act of 1976 to accurately define fair use for libraries will help to build the credibility of my argument.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42826 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42826 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <p>Note: Lexis Nexis doesn't give persistent links (or else I am unable to find where they do) in order to retrieve this article simply search for "a lay perspective on the copyright wars" with only the legal box checkmarked and it will be the first result.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In this Lecture, Columbia University's University Librarian, James G. Neal, addresses the current environment of libraries in regards to copyright and open access. Neal's lecture mostly addresses the findings of the 108 Study Group which was formed to research copyright. Neal explains the current state of copyright, the findings of the 108 Study Group, and the framework necessary in order to facilitate a more open environment for publications and libraries. Neal's lecture defines the library as an all encompassing entity which disseminates information, a center for research, a publisher in its own right. Because of the library's role as a center for just about everything scholarly, the library has a vision of embracing legacy as well as current trends. The library is an information repository and a portal to information. Serving so many roles simultaneously makes the library at the forefront of the copyright war.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In my essay it will be important to state why it is the duty of the librarian to rebel against copyright in order to push for more open access. Neal helps define the library as the center of the copyright war, the very front of the action. By citing Neal and his 108 Study Group's findings, I will be able to convey the importance of the librarian to stand up against copyright in order to defend the very embodiment and idea of the library itself. Neal's article also gives information on the opninion of librarians and library organizations on the issue of copyright and open access. Using some of this information will help me to define how to faciliate a better enviornment for the sharing of intellectual materials.</p> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42761 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42761 <p>U.S. Code Title 17 is the definitive legal resource for the U.S. Laws regardining copyright. This resource has relevant information on what constitutes copyright infringement and what actions are needed to remedy said infringements.&nbsp;</p> <p>I will use the above resource as a primary source. This source will help me to define exactly what copyright infringement is according to the law. The above material will help me to define what actions a librarian could take when addressing sensitive copyrighted materials. By knowing the extent of the law I could then determine what are suitable actions to take when coming in contact with something which is questionable -- and in turn what is definitively illegal -- in order to argue for what actions a librarian could take to "push the envelope" on copyright law.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42646 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42646 <p>The above articles attempts to comprehensively define Open Access, listing the various iterations of Open Access as it is defined differently by whom is using it. The article then tries to unify the definition of Open Access or at least define Open Access in their own terms. From which point the authors address the goals of the Open Access movement or what is the intended outcome by spporters of Open Access. The author gives a fairly decent job at illuminating some of the struggles toward the adoption of a universal open access policy, but also lists the benefits of a universal Open Access policy. The article gives multiple viewpoints to Open Access (Advocates, Critics, Observers)...</p> <p>I plan to use this article as an information resource showing what benefits there are to Open Access resources. By using this articles definition of Open Access and mentioning some of its lofty goals for Universal Open Access, I intend to show in my essay what the benefits would be for Librarians to push publishers toward open access by knowing ways "around" copyright. In other words, I will use examples from this article to show what benefits there are for librarians to legally circumvent copyrighted materials and "play dumb" when it comes to copyrighted works.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42798 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42798 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42757 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42757 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42660 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42660 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42339 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42339 <p>Portal designed to aggregate material to provide training, knowledge development, and skills for the implementing of OA repositories and OA journals.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42165 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/42165 <p>Several student groups have issued a statement to jointly back the open access movement in which scholarly research is shared online and free. The student statement argues for open access as the best way to share knowledge. "Scholarly knowledge is part of the common wealth of humanity," says the statement. "Unfortunately, not everyone has access to the scholarly literature, despite advances in communications technology." The statement was endorsed by the American Medical Student Association, Student PIRGs, Students for Free Culture, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, the California Institute of Technology Graduate Student Council and the Trinity University Association of Student Representatives.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/41781 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/41781