open access & the humanities
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A presentation that makes the argument that despite the fact the humanities journals' prices have not spiraled out of control, the humanities still needs to embrace open access. The first reason is that it encourages global scholarship. The second is that it showcases the value of humanities research to a skeptical public. Finally the presentation focuses on image copyright and how these expenses have hindered open access in art history specifically.TRANSCRIPT
Open Access & the Humanities
Alex WatkinsArt & Architecture Librarian
CU Boulder Libraries
If there’s no journal crisis, do we need open access?
Pay-walls Create a divide between Western scholars and the rest of the world
At Exactly the Time when we are trying to make
humanities scholarship more global
OA is becoming the Global standard
Pay Walls create a divide between Academia and the
Public
Which contributes to questions like what is the value of the humanities?
There are benefits to humanities scholarship from tearing down pay-walls
So we have to remove the barriers to Open Access in the Humanities
Images rights are one major impediment
Have to effectively use fair use
Is scholarly use transformative use?
Free the Public Domain
“All images supplied by the Bridgeman Art Library are copyrighted photographs. The Bridgeman Art Library either owns the copyright in the photograph or acts as the authorised agent of the copyright holder. A licence must be obtained from the Library before any reproduction is made or this will constitute an infringement of copyright. It is important to note that images can contain multiple copyrights.”
Photo Credits• Barber, Matt. Great Wall of China, October 21, 2009.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt512/4065627169/.• Gao, Jialiang. The old Campus of the National University of San Antonio Abad at
Cusco, Peru, January, 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Universidad_Nacional_de_San_Antonio_Abad_del_Cusco_Peru.jpg
• Hough, Josh. Bethlehem Checkpoint, December 13, 2006. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshhough/321999050/.
• Ammon. Berlin Wall, January 1, 1990. http://www.flickr.com/photos/authenticfoto/3545761886/.
• Thiémard, Raphaël. Berlin 1989, Fall Der Mauer, Chute Du Mur, November 1, 1989. http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivaopictures/3403855791/.
• Liu, Min. New York City, August 13, 2006. http://www.flickr.com/photos/minliu/331601763/.
• Warman, Lara. Wall Adam Goldsworthy, November 13, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/war_man/6344808703/.