Comments on: Open Access at Harvard – Seriously http://acrlog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How We’re Walking the OA Walk http://acrlog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-125518 How We’re Walking the OA Walk Sun, 17 May 2009 16:04:02 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/#comment-125518 [...] good news about open access keeps coming. Here at ACRLog, we’ve followed the trend since Harvard’s Arts and Sciences faculty adopted an open access resolution. Boston university and MIT have made similar resolutions. [...] [...] good news about open access keeps coming. Here at ACRLog, we’ve followed the trend since Harvard’s Arts and Sciences faculty adopted an open access resolution. Boston university and MIT have made similar resolutions. [...]

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-68147 Barbara Fister Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:50:13 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/#comment-68147 And you can't get a special issue of a journal through interlibrary loan. This is really too bad because a special issue devoted to a topic can be really useful, but publishing an edited collection of essays these days is quite difficult. They're a tough sell, and the timeline for developing an edited book is so long it can only address topics that aren't .... topical. And you can’t get a special issue of a journal through interlibrary loan. This is really too bad because a special issue devoted to a topic can be really useful, but publishing an edited collection of essays these days is quite difficult. They’re a tough sell, and the timeline for developing an edited book is so long it can only address topics that aren’t …. topical.

]]> By: Marc Meola http://acrlog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-68139 Marc Meola Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:22:12 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/#comment-68139 I'm working on a research project right now and I found an entire journal issue devoted to my topic, except it's only available at big research university. No problem, I have sneaky back door access. Except there's a 1 year embargo and they don't have the print! ARRRGGGGHHH! I’m working on a research project right now and I found an entire journal issue devoted to my topic, except it’s only available at big research university. No problem, I have sneaky back door access. Except there’s a 1 year embargo and they don’t have the print! ARRRGGGGHHH!

]]> By: Mike http://acrlog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-67977 Mike Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:45:28 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/12/open-access-at-harvard-seriously/#comment-67977 This is the kind of small story that can have tremendous consequences, as more students could have more ready access to the research and ideas that shape their own. The more open our professors/colleagues are with their research, the more open and broadly-based the people engaging with them. As an independent and active proponent of openly accessible and peer-reviewed journals, I am eager to applaud the decision-makers at Harvard for a choice well made! A plug: My project, SearchPigeon.org, is designed for primarily English-speaking students in the humanities, enabling them to search hundreds of open access journals across the humanities. Please visit and offer critiques! This is the kind of small story that can have tremendous consequences, as more students could have more ready access to the research and ideas that shape their own. The more open our professors/colleagues are with their research, the more open and broadly-based the people engaging with them.
As an independent and active proponent of openly accessible and peer-reviewed journals, I am eager to applaud the decision-makers at Harvard for a choice well made!

A plug: My project, SearchPigeon.org, is designed for primarily English-speaking students in the humanities, enabling them to search hundreds of open access journals across the humanities. Please visit and offer critiques!

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