[Insight-developers] OPEN ACCESS WEEK : Oct 18-24 / 2010: What to do if you are a STUDENT

[Luis Ibanez]

*                     OPEN ACCESS WEEK*


  Research publications should be available to anyone.


If you are a student,
here is what you can do to make this a reality:

*
Overprice Tags:*

Get a list of the most expensive print journals from
your librarian, and print price tags to put on each
of the physical copies of the journals.

Since students are rarely aware of the often incredible
cost of academic journals, overprice tags are a really
effective tool to shock and engage them.

Below is an example from MIT in 2007, and you can
find more information including a
How-To at

              http://mako.cc/fun/overpricetags



Adopt Open Access Yourself

When it comes time to publish your own work, make it
openly accessible by either publishing in an open-access
journal or posting your article in your institution’s repository.

Doing so will not only help others by allowing them to read
and build upon your work, but it will also help you.

Dozens of studies have shown a significant increase in
citations (up to 600%) when an article is made openly
available rather than locked behind a pay
wall1<http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18516/>
.

[1] http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18516/



http://www.righttoresearch.org/learn/problem/index.shtml



How overpriced are scientific journals:

http://www.arl.org/r2research/bm~pix/profit-margin-colored~s600x600.png<http://www.arl.org/r2research/bm%7Epix/profit-margin-colored%7Es600x600.png>


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http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/students-ideas

In 2009, Open Access Week was the platform for the

              Student Right to Research Coalition

to announce that it had expanded to represent over
5 million students worldwide, with the commitments of

* The Canadian Federation of Students,
* The U.S. Students’ Association, and
* The International Association for Political Science Students

JOIN the coalition.
Individual students, student governments,
and student organizations are invited to sign

   The Student Statement on the Right to Research,

which calls on governments, research funders, campus
administrators, faculty, and other students to take action
in support of Open Access.

      Learn more at http://www.righttoresearch.org


http://www.righttoresearch.org/bm~doc/right-to-research-brochure.pdf<http://www.righttoresearch.org/bm%7Edoc/right-to-research-brochure.pdf>



And, very important:

Tell the US Congress that you support the:
Federal Research Public Access Act
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/frpaa/index.shtml
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