Abstract
Following a common thread from throughout OSI2016, this workgroup will develop partnership proposals for this community to work together to improve the culture of communication inside academia, particularly inside research. As part of this effort, it may be important to clarify messaging surrounding the benefits and impacts of open access (OA) inside academia, particularly inside research. It may also be important to determine what resources and information are needed before this messaging can be effective, including showing the benefits of OA to a skeptical research community; addressing the many concerns of stakeholders; clearly explaining its pros and cons; and demonstrating the case for why the transition to OA is worth the trouble.
Highlights
Following a common thread from throughout OSI2016, this workgroup will develop partnership proposals for this community to work together to improve the culture of communication inside academia, inside research
open access (OA) may be perceived as a means of conserving collections budgets by eliminating subscriptions
OA might carry the perception of favoring STEM disciplines for which more OA journals currently exist
Summary
Fifteen years following the Berlin Open Access Initiative, the academic publishing community continues to encounter challenges in describing and discussing what is open access (OA), and what benefits and impacts it carries. OA may appear to threaten the scholarly publishing’s prestige in the face of journal proliferation These examples are oversimplified characterizations of stakeholder opinions. These equivocal and complex conceptions of OA have yielded a culture of communication in which scholarly publishing stakeholders effectively speak different languages when trying to discuss their needs and concerns. This has resulted in tension, misunderstanding, interdisciplinary differences in experiences, and a maintenance of status quo. The CoC working group offers recommendations below about the types of partnerships to be formed, and the specific work product and rewards these partners can create
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