As open access becomes a mainstream rather than a marginal phenomenon, a booklength argument in its favor peter suber 2012 proposes is validated by more recent findings. Peter suber, very brief introduction to open access. Rather, open access is an approach to sharing ones work with the wider world. Peter suber, being an ardent open access philosopher, supporter and advocate, writes different dimensions of open access movement in this book.
Suber s book on open access, conveniently titled open access, examines the topic in more detail and is available digitally and free of charge online. Distilling a decade of subers influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians. Peter suber s work consists of research, writing, organizing, advocacy, and pro bono consulting for open access to research. His latest book is open access from mit press, published in june 2012. Harvard universitys peter suber is one of the leaders in the open access movement. This isnt hypothetical, and actually happens whenever established ta journals convert to oa. Viral open access in times of global pandemic punctum books. To celebrate the release of peter subers new book, open access, the berkman center will be conducting an interview with him about his ideas and the themes of the book in this jul, 2011 suber.
Open access scholarly publishing research guides at. If you never got around to buying peter suber s book about open access oa publishing for busy people, you might be pleased to learn that its now freely available under an open access license. I have worked fulltime for a decade to foster open access oa to science and scholarship. The two leading lists of oa repositories around the world are the directory of open access repositories opendoar and the registry of open access repositories roar. The continued relevance of peter subers 2012 book on. Few formats fit better marshall macluhans dictum that the medium is the message than open access does. Distilling a decade of suber s influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers. Green oa publishing refers to the selfarchiving of published or prepublication works for free public use. Buy open access by suber, peterauthorpaperback by peter suber isbn. In this concise introduction, peter suber tells us what open access is and isnt, how it benefits authors and readers of research, how we pay for it, how it avoids problems, how it has moved from the periphery to the mainstream, and what its future may hold.
In this talk, peter suber director of the harvard open access project shares insights from his new concise introduction to open access what open access is and isnt, how it benefits. Peter suber and open access the university of tampa. Peter suber, writings on open access earlham college. If these pieces are too short, see my other writings on oa, including open access mit press, 2012, my booklength introduction to oa. Distilling a decade of subers influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders. It includes books, newsletter essays, journal articles, preprints, and interviews. Typically, there are two methods of achieving open access. Open access by peter suber is now open access if you never got around to buying peter suber s book about open access oa publishing for busy people, you might be pleased to learn that its now freely available under an openaccess license. Despite the elapsed time from the date of its publication, the digital supplement for this book provides further materials in respect to the effect open access is likely to have, such as a 2014 australian study indicating that, other than its facilitating impact on scientific research, open access is also likely to make a positive contribution to policymaking, since it removes barriers to. I say 2009present because thats when oatp has existed. Open access mit press essential knowledge series 9780262517638 by suber, peter and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. This book was set in chaparral pro by the mit press and was printed.
Distilling a decade of suber s influential writing. Suber is known as a leading voice in the open access movement, and as the. To learn more about open access, consult the resource below. In most fields, scholarly journals do not pay authors. I omit the pure news pieces as well as minor pieces such as blog postings, listserv. The internet lets us share our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. Open access open access library guides at university.
In an interview on the harvard university campus at the berkman center for internet and society, where he is a faculty fellow, suber tells cccs christopher kenneally that the focus of the open access movement is on journal articles for which scholars are not paid, and therefore for which they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by. Open access open access research guides at university. I have worked fulltime for a decade to foster open access. Mit press publishes new book on open access by peter suber. From peter suber s very brief introduction to open access. Open access journals are not by definition lower quality than subscriptionbased journals. Peter suber, a leading theorist of open access and a prominent voice in the oa movement, is director of the harvard office for scholarly communication, director of the harvard open access project, faculty fellow at the berkman center, senior researcher at sparc, and research professor of philosophy at earlham college. His book, open access published by mit press in 2012, provides an excellent overview of open access publishing and its benefits. Distilling a decade of subers influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or holder. This is the first post in our new series on open access in the humanities. He describes historical global movements of open access to scholarly literature for bringing transparency and enhancing accessibility to public funded research results.
Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. Principles for free access to science,22 and world summit on the information societys declaration of principles23 and plan of action24 see peter suber s timeline of the open access movement for others25. Open access refers to unrestricted online access to articles published in scholarly publications. In recent weeks, the covid19 pandemic has led to numerous calls for scientific research concerning the virus and the disease to be made open access and freely available to the public. That is to say, while some of the definitions of terms green open access, libre open access, etc are useful, and the call for freedom of access to and generation of new kinds of knowledge is pleasingly utopian, peter suber clearly has no real understanding of what its like to do research as an academic without access to harvards resources which is most of us. Open access by peter suber this book is complemented by a web site. Peter suber is the director of the harvard office for scholarly communication, director of the harvard open access project, senior researcher at the berkman center, senior researcher at sparc, and research professor. Peter suber, open access overview definition, introduction. Influential writings make the case for open access to research, explore its implications, and document the early struggles and successes of the open access movement. Peter suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open access since 2003. Open access is not defined by a particular business model or type of content. Viral open access in times of global pandemic punctum books peter. Peter suber is one of the leading figures in the open access movement and current director of the harvard office for scholarly communication.
Selected writings on open access, 20022011 by peter suber april 6, 2016 in pasteur4oa peter suber is one of the leading figures in the open access movement and current director of the harvard office for scholarly communication. These books provide excellent introduction to open access. We take fullest advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work open access. Appropriately, this book on open access oa is itself becoming oa 12 months. Peter dain suber born november 8, 1951 is a philosopher specializing in the philosophy of law and open access to knowledge. Contexts, controversies and the future by martin paul eve. Suber is one of the gurus of the open access oa movementin summary, suber dispels the arguments against open publishing of publicly funded research results and makes a cogent case for the new models. History of open access peter suber harvard university. The mit press has just published a new book by peter suber which offers a concise introduction to open access. In june of 2012, mit press released a new book by peter suber, simply titled open access.
Open access is a farreaching shift in scholarly communication, and the book concludes by going beyond todays debate and looking at the kind of research world that would be possible with open access to research outputs. He describes historical global movements of open access to scholarly literature for bringing transparency and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Interview with peter suber open access the book for. For more recent evidence and discussion on all these topics and more, see his 2012 book, open access mit press and his growing page of updates and supplements. Open access mit press essential knowledge series 9780262517638. This is an open access book and can be downloaded or read online for free. And peter suber, you are, if i can say this, the father or the godfather of open access, but more importantly to me, a professor of philosophy.
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