Open Access: Trends and Strategies after Berlin5
| Date | 30 October 2007 |
| Published date | 30 October 2007 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050710874160 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Author | Elena Giglia,Marialaura Vignocchi |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science |
After the three-day debate at the
International Conference Berlin5: from
practice to impact. Consequences of
knowledge dissemination[1] (Padua,
Italy, 19-21 September 2007) it was
clear to all participants that Open
Access (OA) is a simple concept, but a
complex one to achieve in reality,
because of the great multitude of
players and interests involved, as
Sijbolt Noorda (European Universities
Association) observed in the opening
keynote speech.
The conference offered an overview
of current practices, focused on critical
issues and contributed suggestions for
future viable pathways. In particular,
the main topics under discussion were:
.access to digital resources with
respect both to legal and technical
issues;
.sustainability of OA business mod-
els;
.quality both in terms of content
validation through peer-review and
digital long-term preservation;
.impact of OA on research prac-
tices: e-science, data sharing; and
.varieties of OA: there is no single
solution, but rather many commu-
nity-oriented strategies and tools.
After the welcome addresses on
Wednesday, 19 September, Sijbolt
Noorda introduced the debate about the
challenges of OA and the possibilities
of achieving a win-win solution suitable
for all the stakeholders participating in
the scholarly communication process,
suggesting that the complexity of the
research community what makes sense
for historians does not for engineers
must be treasured and must be taken
into account if we want the OA model
to be accepted. Noorda also pointed to
the potentiality of digital technologies,
that should offer much more than a
mere surrogate of the traditional way of
publishing.
In the first session of the second day,
``Status report by signatories'',speakers
representative of research institutions
from all over the world that had signed
the Berlin Declaration illustrated the
projects and the state of OA initiatives
in their countries: Fred Friend (JISC,
UK) presented the deep commitment
and support of British institutions to the
OA choice, the mandatory policies of
funding agencies, and new projects like
the Copyright knowledge base, to
implement the RoMEO/SHERPA
database. Jens Vigens (CERN), talking
about the CERN experience, pointed
out that a mandatory policy is not
enough and researchers should be
offered services and incentives.
Roberto delle Donne showed the work
in progress supported by the Italian
Conference of University Rectors in
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CONTENTS
Conference Reports
Open Access: Trends and Strategies
after Berlin5 . ............. 1
Notes from Educause 2007: On the
Subject of Leadership ........ 6
CERLIM: Libraries Without Walls 7:
A Visit to Remember! . . . .... 8
Nigerian Library Association Annual
Conference 2007 . . ......... 11
23rd Annual Conference on
Distance Teaching & Learning. . 15
Electronic Resources & Libraries,
2nd Annual Conference 2007:
Another Perspective ......... 17
Features
Choosing Software for a
Digital Library............. 19
``You Got to Have FAIFE'':
The Role of Free Access to
Information and Freedom of
Information . . ............. 22
Microform and Digital Publishing. . 26
Biblioteca de Babel: Developing
University Libraries in Latin
America ................. 30
The Transformation of the
Engineering Library: Changes
at the University of Auckland,
New Zealand . ......... .... 32
Information Needs of Illiterate
Female Farmers in Ethiope East
Local Government Area of Delta
State . . . ................. 38
Columns
Construction 101: New Building
Tips for Technologists . . . .... 43
New & Noteworthy ........ 45
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Open Access: Trends and
Strategies after Berlin5
Elena Giglia and Marialaura Vignocchi
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