Resources
Open Access Initiatives:
*
Budapest Open Access Initiative (pdf)
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/
*Wellcome
Trust Position Statement in Support of Open Access (pdf)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtvispolpub.html
Bethesda Statement
on Open Access Publishing, June 20,2003
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/bethesda.htm
Berlin Declaration
on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, October 22,
2003
http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin
UN World Summit on the Information Society Declaration of Principles and
Plan of Action, December 12, 2003
http://www.itu.int - Document
1 Declaration of Principles
http://www.itu.int - Document
2 Draft Action Plan
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Declaration on Access
to Research Data From Public Funding, January 30, 2004
http://www.oecd.org/document/0,2340,en_2649_34487_25998799_1_1_1_1,00.html
The International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) released the
IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation,
February 24, 2004
http://www.ifla.org/V/cdoc/open-access04.html
*Framing the Issue: Open Access. Association
of Research Libraries (pdf)
http://www.arl.org/scomm/open_access/framing.html
Listing of Repositories
Institutional
Archives Registry
http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php
Created by Tim Brody of Southampton University, this is a web site that
lists
and dynamically graphs the amount of content of archives that:
(1) run GNU EPrints software, and/or
(2) archive open access research articles.
Core Metalist of Open Access Eprint Archives
http://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtml
Produced by Steve Hitchcock, Southampton University, U.K. This list
and its categorization gives a broad overview of the structure, size and
progress of full-text open access eprint archives.
List of Open-access Archive Lists
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm
Maintained by Peter Suber, Earlham College, Indiana. This list captures
the most comprehensive lists available.
SPARC Institutional
Repositories List
http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=m1
A select list of institutional repositories around the world. Includes
repositories that are institutional in scope and that contain multiple
document types. Thus, it excludes discipline-specific e-print servers
and
university repositories that contain only theses and dissertations.
OAI
compliant Open-source Software
GNU EPrints Archive Software
http://software.eprints.org/
A software platform developed at the University of Southampton which
creates online digital document archives that can be "full-text"
searched with enhanced
searching for names and dates.
DSpace
http://libraries.mit.edu/dspace-mit/technology/download.html
A software platform developed and used at MIT that enables institutions
to capture and describe digital works using a submission workflow
module. The system enables these works to be archived and distributed
over the web through a search and retrieval system.
Guides
*A
Guide to Institutional Repository Software (pdf)
*Supplementary
table of functions (pdf)
A guide for selecting repository software commissioned by the Open Society
Institute
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/
Eprints Handbook
http://software.eprints.org/handbook/
Developed by Les Carr of the University of Southampton. This comprehensive
guide provides a step by step approach to setting up Eprints archive,
workflow, submission, and metadata consistency. Supported by the Open
Society Institute.
*SPARC Institutional Repository Checklist
& Resource Guide (pdf)
http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/IR_Guide.html
Prepared by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coaliation,
this is a practical guide that offers an overview of the major issues
which institutions and consortia need to address in implementing an institutional
repository.
SPARC Resources
for Institutional Repositories
http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=m0
Open Society
Institute, Guide to Business Planning for Converting a Subscription-based
Journal to Open Access (pdf)
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/index.shtml
*Open
Society Institute, Guide to Business Planning for Launching a New Open
Access Journal (pdf)
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/index.shtml
Wellcome Trus:
An Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubrepeas.html
Well Trust:
Cost and Business Model in Scientific Research Publishing http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubrepcos.html
Articles
*India's march towards open access,
Subbiah Arunachalam (pdf)
5 March 2004. SciDev.Net
http://www.scidev.net/quickguides/index.cfm?fuseaction=printarticle&qguideid=4&type=3&itemtype=3&itemid=243&language=1
Lynch, C. A.
Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for
Scholarship in the Digital Age. Coalition for Networked Information,
ARL Bimonthly Report 226, February 2003.
http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html
Suber, Peter.
“Removing the Barriers to Research: An Introduction to open access
for
Librarians.” College & Research Libraries News, 64 (February)
pp. 92-94, 113.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/acrl.htm.
Case, Mary
M. and Prudence S. Adler. “Promoting Open Access: Developing New
Strategies for Managing Copyright and Intellectual Property.”ARL
Bimonthly Report, 220
(February 2002)
http://www.arl.org/newsltr/220/access.html
*The
Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper (pdf)
http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/ir.html
General
Create Change:
A Resource for Faculty and Librarian Action to Reclaim Scholarly
Communication.
http://www.createchange.org/home.html
Free Online Scholarship Newsletter edited by Peter Suber http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/
Creative Commons
http://www.creativecommons.org
SciDev.Net 'quick guide' to scientific publishing.
http://www.scidev.net/scipub/
An online guide that explores various approaches - including open access
publishing, self-archiving, and differential pricing initiatives - of
using the Internet to increase access to scientific information in the
developing world.