1. Public Funded Research and Open Access. Perspectives and Policies
Open Access and PFR
Taxpayers argument
Political argument
Economic argument
Social benefits
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Open Access
Old wine, new bottles?
Greek philosphers
Luther
17 century: scholarly journals
Koyaanisqatsi: Out of Balance
Concentration economic power
Intellectual Property issue
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Significance of PFR
In OECD area governments 30,5% R&D funding
Business acounts for 62%
Large variety in governmental roles
Government remains the major source for R&D in OECD countries
Don’t underestimatr foreign funding
Issue: Civil vs. Defence spending
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4. Output Scientific Information
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5. Raison d’étre for Open Access
Argument commercial publishers
Lack of peer review
But:
Escalating prices
Library budgets got eaten
Result: new awareness. Scientific information as a common good
Growth of Open Access
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6. Governments & Public Policy
Problem lies with governments themselves
UK, Science Committee
Though: Governmental support is a must
National initatives
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Impact of Open Access
Current journals in the lower ranking
High ranking not evenly distributed
Number of OA journals
Open Access well established in STM areas
Humanities moving very slow.
Reasons
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