open access: what's in it for your library?

Michael Rodriguez E-Learning Librarian

Open  Access:  What’s  In  It  For  Your  Library?  

A  SWFLN  Webinar  January  29,  2015  

Presenter  

Michael  Rodriguez,  MLIS  E-­‐Learning  Librarian,  Hodges  University  Social  Media  Manager,  ALA_LITA    TwiBer  @topshelver  Linkedin.com/in/mrlibrarian  topshelvr@gmail.com  

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Copyright  –  Open  access  (OA)  –  Open  licensing  –  Benefits  –    The  OA  movement  –  Challenges  –  Open  resources  –  Call  to  acPon  

Copyright  &  Fair  Use    

What  is  Open  Access?  

Open  access  resources  are  online  books,  arPcles,  images,  and  other  resources  that  anyone  can  read,  look  at,  or  download  for  free,  anywhere,  any  Pme.  No  insPtuPonal  affiliaPon  is  required  to  obtain  access.  Generally  these  resources  come  with  

extensive  reusage  rights.  

My  DefiniDon  

CreaDve  Commons  

Public  Domain  

Generally  refers  to  works  whose  copyright  has  expired  or  has  not  been  renewed,  or  whose  creators  have  waived  all  rights  to  their  work.  Everything  created  prior  to  

1923  is  in  the  U.S.  public  domain.  

Benefits  for  Libraries  

Benefits  for  the  Community  

The  Open  Access  Movement  

Credit:  RomoloTavani,  Thinkstock  

Challenges  

Generally  Lack  of  integraPon  Lack  of  awareness    Scholarly  Profiteering  publishers  Green  vs.  gold  OA  Quality  concerns  

Open  Scholarship  

Open  Medicine  

Open  Books  

Open  Images  

Favorites  SPARC:  hBp://www.sparc.arl.org  hBp://www.openaccessweek.org    hBp://www.doabooks.org  hBp://www.doaj.org  hBp://www.plos.org  hBp://dp.la  hBps://archive.org  hBps://librivox.org  hBps://openlibrary.org  hBps://commons.wikimedia.org  hBps://www.oercommons.org  hBps://www.edx.org  

What  You  Can  Do  

Be  aware  Take  a  MOOC  Use  open  images  in  displays  Enhance  your  reference  skills   Grow  your  access  to  resources  

Look  into  all  those  open  libraries  Reach  out  to  your  communiPes  Start  an  insPtuPonal  repository  Build  OER  into  your  teaching  Celebrate  Open  Access  Week  

Credit:  Flickr  user  Alan  Levine,  hBps://flic.kr/p/62n52f