[Eril-l] “Access to Science and Scholarship" - New MIT white paper probes open access and the research enterprise

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Argh – the best laid plans and all. Several people have written to tell me the link to the download option is not working. Please try this rather hideous and long URL - https://assets.pubpub.org/5coqhl85/Access%20to%20science%20and%20scholarship%20MIT%20report%20Nov%202023-11699913821553.pdf

The other items listed under “Links” work as far as I can see. Thank you to everyone who notified me of this.

Jess

Ps – I am using up my quota of crossposting apologies today!

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[with apologies for crossposting]

Hello -

On behalf of the MIT Press, I am delighted to share with you a new white paper on open access and the research enterprise<http://post.spmailtechnolo.com/f/a/fbSe47tOhZC6dPFyj2vYdw~~/AADx3wA~/RgRnSzC1P0QlaHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MtdG8tc2NpZW5jZS5wdWJwdWIub3JnL1cDc3BjQgplX7WraGXEwsnsUg9wZWxsaWVuQG1pdC5lZHVYBAAAAAA~>, created in collaboration with our colleagues across MIT.

MIT News also ran a Q&A<http://post.spmailtechnolo.com/f/a/aZZsf4073anBxRKIHMNPJg~~/AADx3wA~/RgRnSzC1P0RUaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLm1pdC5lZHUvMjAyMy9waGlsbGlwLXNoYXJwLWFteS1icmFuZC1mdXR1cmUtb3Blbi1hY2Nlc3MtcHVibGlzaGluZy0xMTMwVwNzcGNCCmVftatoZcTCyexSD3BlbGxpZW5AbWl0LmVkdVgEAAAAAA~~> with lead author Phillip Sharp and MIT Press director and publisher Amy Brand. We hope these resources are useful to folks who follow and are interested in open access news. If you would like to speak with Amy or Nick Lindsay (director of journals and open access at the Press), about this project, I would be happy to facilitate a call.

-- Jessica (pellien at mit.edu<mailto:pellien at mit.edu>)

Links:

  *   White paper download<https://access-to-science.pubpub.org/>
  *   MIT Press blog post<https://mitpress.mit.edu/new-white-paper-access-to-science-and-scholarship-key-questions-about-the-future-of-research-publishing/>
  *   MIT Q&<https://news.mit.edu/2023/phillip-sharp-amy-brand-future-open-access-publishing-1130>A

“Access to Science and Scholarship: Key Questions about the Future of Research Publishing<http://post.spmailtechnolo.com/f/a/fbSe47tOhZC6dPFyj2vYdw~~/AADx3wA~/RgRnSzC1P0QlaHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MtdG8tc2NpZW5jZS5wdWJwdWIub3JnL1cDc3BjQgplX7WraGXEwsnsUg9wZWxsaWVuQG1pdC5lZHVYBAAAAAA~>

by Phillip A. Sharp, William B. Bonvillian, Robert Desimone, Barbara Imperiali, David R. Karger, Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Amy Brand, Nick Lindsay, and Michael Stebbins

>From the Executive Summary:  The health of the research enterprise is closely tied to the effectiveness of the scientific and scholarly publishing ecosystem. Policy-, technology-, and market-driven changes in publishing models over the last two decades have triggered a number of disruptions within this ecosystem.

Many in the research community remain unaware of the drivers of change in academic publishing and the potential consequences for the research enterprise. Although they are often left out of the conversation, researchers are directly affected by these developments. Decisions are being made now that could potentially reduce research budgets, increase researcher workloads, and alter publishing options and the reputational function that publishing has long played.

To illustrate how researcher behavior, funder policies, and publisher business models and incentives interact, part 1 of this report presents an historical overview of open access publishing. Part 2 of the report provides a list of key questions for further investigation to understand, measure, and best prepare for the impact of new policies related to open access in research publishing, categorized into six general areas: access and business models, research data, preprint publishing, peer review, costs to researchers and universities, and infrastructure.

Download the complete white paper here.<http://post.spmailtechnolo.com/f/a/fbSe47tOhZC6dPFyj2vYdw~~/AADx3wA~/RgRnSzC1P0QlaHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MtdG8tc2NpZW5jZS5wdWJwdWIub3JnL1cDc3BjQgplX7WraGXEwsnsUg9wZWxsaWVuQG1pdC5lZHVYBAAAAAA~>


Jessica Pellien (she/her/hers)
Head of Communications
The MIT Press
pellien at mit.edu<mailto:pellien at mit.edu>
m: 617-258-0603
X (formerly Twitter): @jessicapellien<http://twitter.com/jessicapellien>

Our Fall 2023 Catalog<https://issuu.com/mitpress/docs/f23-seasonal.catalog_final> is available now.


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