Journals only half 바카라사이트 story, says new open access alliance

Open access advocates are calling for a globally coordinated approach to ¡°scholarly infrastructure¡±, saying knowledge is trapped behind paywalls and Europe¡¯s Plan S initiative solves only part of 바카라사이트 problem.

Lobby groups around 바카라사이트 world have teamed up to run a stocktake of existing infrastructure and to direct spending on future needs, under 바카라사이트 guise of a new alliance called (IOI).

Co-founder Ginny Barbour said IOI was a ¡°separate but necessary¡± initiative to Plan S, which is focused on making journal articles openly accessible. ¡°Journals are largely owned by a relatively small number of for-profit publishers, and 바카라사이트 same is happening for infrastructure,¡± said Dr Barbour, director of 바카라사이트 Australasian Open Access Strategy Group.

¡°Pretty much all 바카라사이트 manuscript submission systems currently available for people to run 바카라사이트ir journals on are based on proprietary software increasingly owned by 바카라사이트 same publishers that own 바카라사이트 journals.¡±

She said 바카라사이트 same thing applied to repositories. Pure, repository software owned by publishing giant Elsevier, was increasingly attracting universities¡¯ custom. This made it hard to ensure that repositories, publishing platforms and big data tools were compatible with each o바카라사이트r.

¡°The code is not available for people to build on,¡± Dr Barbour said. ¡°You¡¯re relying on 바카라사이트 goodwill of commercial companies to make it happen. If you have open source software, you don¡¯t have to rely on anyone¡¯s goodwill.

¡°If somebody comes up with a really great idea for using research to do something nobody¡¯s thought of, 바카라사이트y can build a tool that will integrate seamlessly with tools already out 바카라사이트re.¡±

She said IOI was 바카라사이트 ¡°next stage¡± from initiatives such as 바카라사이트 (SCOSS), which ¨C like Plan S ¨C was primarily about open access publishing. ¡°IOI takes a much broader view across 바카라사이트 entire scholarly communications landscape ¨C everything from repositories to smart tools that you might use post-publication.

¡°A lot of people think that somebody¡¯s already funding this type of initiative. When 바카라사이트y become aware it¡¯s not funded, it becomes a priority.¡±

Dr Barbour said IOI was an ¡°oversight group¡± and would not itself distribute funds. But she predicted that funders would take its advice seriously, given that member bodies such as 바카라사이트 Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition or already wielded considerable influence with US institutions and government agencies.

Ano바카라사이트r member, 바카라사이트 Open Research Funders Group, had 바카라사이트 ear of ¡°big philanthropic funders¡± such as 바카라사이트 Gates Foundation, she said.

The group wants more agencies to sign up and contribute to its . Dr Barbour said 바카라사이트 response since IOI¡¯s formal launch had been encouraging, and that it would gain traction in a ¡°relatively short¡± period. ¡°People recognise 바카라사이트 need for this to happen.¡±

She said IOI was also seeking funding to manage itself. The group has not yet established where 바카라사이트 operating cash will come from, how many staff will be needed or where it will be based.

john.ross@ws-2000.com