Home Page - Directory of Open Access Repositories Links - SHERPA Open Access Basics Glossary of Open Access Abbreviations, Acronyms and Terms - Our comprehensive list, which includes numerous links to the websites of organisations involved in the Open Access movement. Open Access Overview. An introduction to Open Access by Peter Suber, focusing on open access to peer-reviewed research articles and their preprints. A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access. Open Access Archive Briefing Papers. Six things that researchers need to know about open access Another gem from Peter Suber's SPARC Open Access Newsletter. Open Access Journals Open Access journals are the other strand of the move towards open access to research articles. The processes of peer-review and editorial functions are left entirely unchanged: the only difference is the stage at which funds are put into the publication process: and since an entire intermediate "middleman" stage is left out, its cheaper, too. Organisations and initiatives Useful background publications and information See also...
Free ebooks by Project Gutenberg OA MPG Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine Open Access Overview (definition, introduction) Peter Suber First put online June 21, 2004. Last revised December 5, 2015. Suggested short URL for this page = Peter Suber Director, Harvard Office for Scholarly CommunicationDirector, Harvard Open Access ProjectFaculty Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Senior Researcher, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources CoalitionResearch Professor of Philosophy, Earlham Collegepeter.suber@gmail.com This overview is also available in Chinese (October 2011), Czech (December 2013), French (September 2012), German (September 2011), Greek (February 2012), Japanese (January 2013), Polish (July 2015), Romanian (September 2012), Russian (January 2012), Slovenian (July 2005), Spanish (March 2012), and Swahili (December 2015).
Open Translation Project | Initiatives Meet some of the world’s most colorful idioms “Cowness hasn’t gone, buffaloness intervened” … and other idioms from around the world, chosen and explained by 47 different TED Translators and illustrated by Masahito Leo Takeuchi. Translation by collaboration: How TEDxSapporo translators work together to find the perfect word Ayana Ishiyama always thought she wanted to be a journalist. Can I help translate TEDx Talks if I only speak English? Camille Martinez is a native English speaker who’s fluent in Spanish. 40 brilliant idioms that simply can’t be translated literally It’s a piece of cake. Meet the family that’s translated 2,000 talks The Open Translation Project has a global family of over 18,000 volunteers. How to learn a new language: 7 secrets from TED Translators By Krystian Aparta They say that children learn languages the best. How translation amplifies ideas: TED speakers show appreciation Translation as language preservation: Why a Kazakh journalist is translating TED Talks
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics Open Journal Systems | Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems Open Journal Systems (OJS) is an open source software application for managing and publishing scholarly journals. Originally developed and released by PKP in 2001 to improve access to research, it is the most widely used open source journal publishing platform in existence, with over 10,000 journals using it worldwide. OJS Features OJS is a comprehensive tool for managing your entire submission and editorial workflow and publishing your articles and issues online. Responsive reader front-end with a selection of free themes or designsFlexible and configurable editorial workflowOnline submission and management of all contentSubscription module with delayed open access optionsIntegrated with scholarly publishing services such as Crossref, ORCiD, and DOAJRecommended by Google Scholar for ease of indexing and discoverabilityLocally installed and controlledCommunity-led and supportedMultilingual and translated into over 30 languagesExtensive user guides and training videos
Budapest Open Access Initiative Scholarly Communication for Librarians This item is in: Chandos > Information management > Publishing Heather Morrison, University of British Columbia, Canada The most satisfying aspect of Scholarly Communication for Librarians is Morrison's evaluation of the roles librarians can play as scholars writing, archivists managing repositories, acqusitions experts purchasing, authorities on publishing advising faculty, reference librarians answering research questions, and advocates of open access pushing for publishing models that support availability of information over profit for private investors. Digital Library Archives One of the book's strongest chapters examines the economics of scholarly journals using the concept of the cost per article of producing articles in various types of journals. The book is easy to read and most importantly provides practical coverage of a topic that is of interest to librarians and other information professionals. Usually dispatched within 24 hours About the author
Information Program | Open Society Foundations The Information Program confronts the potential of digital technologies—both the opportunities they present for civic participation, inclusive education, and accountable governance, and the new threats they pose to open society values. The Information Program’s terrain is the new—networked—public sphere, the space fusing participatory online networks with traditional institutions and media, which is now both a central battleground in many struggles for open society, and an arena rich with opportunities to foster open society. Below are some of our main areas of focus. Skills & Capabilities in the Networked Public Sphere New technologies, a proliferation of communication channels, and the rising flood of data are upending advocacy. Civil Liberties in the Digital Environment Digital technologies are rendering our actions, public and private, into data sets that governments and corporations can track, control, and often own outright. Access to Knowledge