To OA or Not to OA?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/19.5287

Keywords:

academics, datadriven, open access, open data, open science, Plan S, scholarly publishing, science, self-archiving

Abstract

What are the main reasons for our scientists not to choose Open Access to their publications? Are the reasons just misconceptions, or are there some valid reasons as well?

Adviser Aysa Ekanger at the University Library at UiT The Arctic University of Norway lays out the main reasons and some of the solutions to the concerns with Open Access. The host of this episode is Erik Lieungh.

You can also read a more detailed overview of the possible obstacles on the road to Open Access in this whitepaper from @OPERASEU. OPERAS is a European research infrastructure for the development of open scholarly communication, particularly in the social sciences and humanities.

This episode was first published 2 October 2018.

Author Biographies

Aysa Ekanger, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Aysa has a PhD in Linguistics and currently works with Open Access and Open Data at the University Library of Tromsø, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. One of Aysa's responsibilities is providing technical support for Septentrio Academic Publishing – a library-based open access publishing service.

Erik Lieungh, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Erik Lieungh is a digital adviser at the University Library and the host and editor of Open Science Talk.

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Published

2020-02-04

How to Cite

Ekanger, A., & Lieungh, E. (2020). To OA or Not to OA?. Open Science Talk, (4). https://doi.org/10.7557/19.5287

Issue

No. 4 (2018): To OA or Not to OA?

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Podcasts