Open Expansion: The Intersection of Open Access, Open Data and OER
Transcript of Open Expansion: The Intersection of Open Access, Open Data and OER
OpenExpansion:TheIntersec3onofOpenAccess,
OpenDataandOER
Heather Joseph Executive Director, SPARC
ACRL 2015 Annual Conference Portland, OR
March 27, 2015
DespitethepromiseoftheInternet,thematerialswemostneedthefreedomtoworkwithremainlargelyunderrestric3veaccess,pricingandreusepolicies.
Costsfor1-yrJournalSubscrip3ons
www.righDoresearch.org
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20050828210650/libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/expensive-titles.html
AverageTextbookPrices
Source: http://www.studentpirgs.org/sites/student/files/reports/A-Cover-to-Cover-Solution_4pdf
$1,207.Averagebudgetforstudentbooksandsuppliesforthe2013-2014
academicyear.
Source http/:trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimaed-undergraduate-budgets-2013-2014
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“TheannualrevenuesgeneratedbySTMjournal
publishingwerees3matedatUS$9.4billionin2011…”
Source:TheSTMReport,h6p://www.stm-assoc.org/2012_12_11_STM_Report_2012.pdf
“Duringsame3meperiod,annualrevenuesfortextbookpublisherswerees3matedat
US$8.8billion…”
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/txtbks/keynote-nercomp?related=1
Crea3ngnewmodelsbasedon“open”removesintermediaries,and3espaymentsdirectlytoservice/goodbeingpurchased.
OA,OpenDataandOERmovementsallemphasizetheneed
toenableunobstructeddigitalreuseofthesematerials,tofully
exploitthepower-andthevalue-oftheinforma3ontheycontain.
"Dataisavaluablena3onalassetthatshouldbeavailabletothe
public.”
PresidentObama,May13,2013Execu9veOrder
Wehaveauniqueopportunitytoexploreinnova3vewaystoaccessandusethisvastnewwealthofdigitalinfoandcreatenewvalue.
Similargoals,values,strategiesandtac3csemergingacrossallthree“open”movementsaligning
aroundeffortsto:
Understandingtheimplica3onsthatalargervisionof“open”asthedefaultmodeforresearch,teachingandlearningmaterials
canhaveiscrucial.