The mit press has just published a new book by peter suber which offers a concise introduction to open access. The internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. Open access to research is still held back by misunderstandings repeated by people who should know better, says peter suber. As open access becomes a mainstream rather than a marginal phenomenon, a booklength argument in its favor peter suber 2012 proposes. Open access mit press essential knowledge series ebook. Peter suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. Mit press publishes new book on open access by peter suber. Open access the harvard community has made this article openly available. Selected writings on open access, 20022011 published by.
To celebrate the release of peter subers new book, open access, the berkman center will be conducting an interview with him about his ideas and the themes of the book in this more. It is short and easily readable in a couple of sittings. Peter suber s book open access provides an easytoread compendium of answers to many questions and blows up some of the canards that have been flying around the ether. Peter subers book open access published in 2012 by the mit press intends to be an authoritative source of reference on the notion of open access, its historical roots, its variegated models, policies proffered in its support, its.
Oa removes price barriers subscriptions, licensing fees, payperview fees and permission barriers most and licensing restrictions. No one has done more than peter suber to explain why free access to. Peter subers open access book is now freely available. If these pieces are too short, see my other writings on oa, including open access mit press, 2012, my booklength introduction to oa. In this talk, peter suber director of the harvard open access project shares insights from his new concise introduction to open access what open access is and isnt, how it benefits.
Read open access by peter suber available from rakuten kobo. Distilling a decade of subers influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and. The book will become open access one year after publication. Please take a look at peter subers new book, open access. Distilling a decade of suber s influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers. The short video below outlines the benefits of the open access movement. Seismic shifts in academic publishing over the past decade continue to have a major impact on scholarly and research communities. This video introduces the benefits of open access for authors. Peter suber, being an ardent open access philosopher, supporter and advocate, writes different dimensions of open access movement in this book. First, lets get the important stuff out of the way. Includes bibliographical references and index what is open access. Suber, peter, open access, mit press, cambridge, ma. That is to say, while some of the definitions of terms green open access, libre open access, etc are useful, and the call for freedom of access to and generation of new kinds of knowledge is pleasingly utopian, peter suber clearly has no real understanding of what its like to do research as an academic without access to harvards resources which is most of us. But according to oa evangelist peter suber, author of open access mit press, june 2012, oa treats just as do traditional publishers.
Peter suber, writings on open access earlham college. The continued relevance of peter subers 2012 book on open. My home page at the berkman center is more current than this one. Last week saw the publication of his most recent book knowledge unbound. It includes books, newsletter essays, journal articles, preprints, and interviews. Few formats fit better marshall macluhans dictum that the medium is the message than open access does. In this concise introduction, peter suber tells us what open access is and isnt, how it benefits authors and readers of research, how we pay for it, how it avoids problems, how it has moved from the periphery to the mainstream, and what its future may hold. The book is itself available on an open access basis in epub, mobi, pdf, and html formats and is highly recommended to anyone.
Distilling a decade of subers influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers. His 2012 book, open access, was published by mit press and released under a creative commons license. Open access mit press essential knowledge series 9780262517638. The continued relevance of peter subers 2012 book on. Open access by peter suber planned obsolescence by kathleen fitzpatrick creative commons license this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4. As open access becomes a mainstream rather than a marginal phenomenon, a booklength argument in its favor peter suber 2012 proposes is validated by more recent findings. Open access oa literature is digital, online, free. In it he chronicles the many advantages the internet provides in getting ideas out there. I omit the pure news pieces as well as minor pieces such as blog postings, listserv.
As a professor of philosophy during the early days of the internet, he realized its power and. Open access by peter suber free book at ebooks directory. Why its an important issue open access provides greater visibility and citation impact. This book was set in chaparral pro by the mit press and. Open access publication seeks to energize authors rights to their scholarly articles to increase access to scholarly information without barriers of paywalls or subscription requirements. Open access is a farreaching shift in scholarly communication, and the book concludes by going beyond todays debate and looking at the kind of research world that would be possible with open access to research outputs. Distilling a decade of suber s influential writing. The book home page includes links to oa editions and a continually growing collection of updates and supplements.
In the run up to open access week, weve invited peter suber, director of the harvard office for scholarly communication and author of the seminal book. That is to say, while some of the definitions of terms green open access, libre open access, etc are useful, and the call for freedom of access to and generation of new kinds of knowledge is pleasingly utopian, peter suber clearly has no real understanding of what its like. Hes also posting updates and supplements to this book on his website. You should read it, you should buy or recommend a copy.
Cutting through this noisy argument is peter subers short book on the topic, which has just been published by mit press. Peter subers book open access is an important book. Its a slightly revised reprint of peter subers 2004 article, promoting open access in the humanities. He describes historical global movements of open access to scholarly literature for bringing transparency and enhancing accessibility to public funded research results. A concise introduction to the basics of open access, describing what it is and isnt and showing that it is easy, fast. Peter subers new book open access open access week. The internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide. This is exactly the kind of book about open access that a tenured professor at an elite university is bound to produce. Open access open access and selfarchiving for scholars. Open access by peter suber overdrive rakuten overdrive.
If you never got around to buying peter subers book about open access oa publishing for busy people, you might be pleased to learn that its. Open access oa literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most restrictions. Peter suber is one of the leading figures in the open access movement and current director of the harvard office for scholarly communication. Peter suber, open access overview definition, introduction. On the changing infrastructure of scholarly communication. That said, he is very thorough and clear at explaining what open access is.
Home open access and scholarly publishing libguides at. Peter suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open access since 2003. In scholarly publishing, the movement toward open access essentially, making it possible to read and reuse published research without cost or permission is often taken as a challenge to. Peter subers open access mit press, 2012 is a brief and very accessible primer on the concepts and practice of open access publishing. He describes historical global movements of open access to scholarly literature for bringing transparency and. For a quick summary of open access see peter suber s brief introduction. Peter subers book open access provides an easytoread compendium of answers to many questions and blows up some of the canards that have been flying around the ether. Openaccess oa literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most and licensing restrictions. This is the first post in our new series on open access in the humanities. Peter dain suber born november 8, 1951 is a philosopher specializing in the philosophy of.
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