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**Recruiting | **Recruiting | ||
**Keeping the group together | **Keeping the group together | ||
| + | *Abhay is our core team member in charge of Open Access | ||
*Open access is an issue that can cause real change and be ongoing, more than just our previous one-shot campaigns and contests | *Open access is an issue that can cause real change and be ongoing, more than just our previous one-shot campaigns and contests | ||
**Has been a big draw in the past, for example at NYU people responded to learning more about open access | **Has been a big draw in the past, for example at NYU people responded to learning more about open access | ||
**Answers the question of what we're doing about IP issues | **Answers the question of what we're doing about IP issues | ||
| − | Peter from Public Knowledge has some helpful links for Open Access | + | *Peter from Public Knowledge has some helpful links for Open Access |
| − | * | + | *We want to 'sell' university libraries on the cost and research benefits of carrying Open Access journals |
===Important Organizations=== | ===Important Organizations=== | ||
*[http://taxpayeraccess.org/ The Alliance for Taxpayer Access] | *[http://taxpayeraccess.org/ The Alliance for Taxpayer Access] | ||
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*NIH - wanted to open up Medical research immediately after publication, but is being pushed back constantly | *NIH - wanted to open up Medical research immediately after publication, but is being pushed back constantly | ||
**This is inexcusable, because medical research changes so quickly | **This is inexcusable, because medical research changes so quickly | ||
| + | ===Action=== | ||
| + | *Read Peter's links | ||
| + | **talk to him about our position/plan for Universities | ||
| + | *Find out the policies on your campus, update the core/wiki (section coming soon) on what the situation's like at your university | ||
| + | **Develop stratiegies in response | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 27 January 2005
Header
Minutes for the Core Team conference call on Jan. 26, 2005 by Andy Scudder
Open Access
Need to work on basic infrastructure
- Essential to
- Recruiting
- Keeping the group together
- Abhay is our core team member in charge of Open Access
- Open access is an issue that can cause real change and be ongoing, more than just our previous one-shot campaigns and contests
- Has been a big draw in the past, for example at NYU people responded to learning more about open access
- Answers the question of what we're doing about IP issues
- Peter from Public Knowledge has some helpful links for Open Access
- We want to 'sell' university libraries on the cost and research benefits of carrying Open Access journals
Important Organizations
- The Alliance for Taxpayer Access
- Universitys joining with this org and open access journals can help NIH fulfill their mission
- NIH - wanted to open up Medical research immediately after publication, but is being pushed back constantly
- This is inexcusable, because medical research changes so quickly
Action
- Read Peter's links
- talk to him about our position/plan for Universities
- Find out the policies on your campus, update the core/wiki (section coming soon) on what the situation's like at your university
- Develop stratiegies in response
