Open Access Button @ SPARC EU Workshop

openaccessbutton.org @OA_Button

The Open Access Button

Joe McArthur - @Mcarthur_JoeAssistant Director, Right to Research CoalitionCo-founder and Co-Lead of the Open Access

Button


These slides, videos and more:

bit.ly/OABatSPARCEU



Launched in Summer 2009.

Built around the Student Statementon the Right to Research: access toresearch is a student right

International alliance of 77 graduate &undergraduate student organizations,representing nearly 7 million students

We Educate + Advocate for Open Access





How the Button Works


Desktop App Mobile App



Mobile

Login


Mobile

Follow the instructions


Mobile

Menu


Mobile

Do some research .. browser


Mobile

Hit paywall


Mobile

FAQ bit


Web

Hit paywall


The Firefox Web App


Web


Web

Same image, circled button image


Web


Web

Click wishlist.


Web

Story



2 years



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Make Progress.

openaccessbutton.org @OA_Button29

Professor Randy SchekmanNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2013.

Sander DekkerState Secretary, Dutch Ministry

of Education, Culture and Science.

Professor Stephen Curry

The Guardian

“The use of the Open Access

Button will help more people to find research

papers.”

“I am even more impressed by the Open

Access Button, a genuinely grass-roots initiative developed by

two students.”

“Tools like the Open Access Button can help catalyse

change and create a world where science has more

impact, is more efficient and importantly available to

everyone.”

Website: openaccessbutton.org Email: [email protected]

https://www.openaccessbutton.org/

mailto:[email protected]


Annual Report 2014Push Button. Get Research. Make Progress.


Around the world

Talks given in:AustraliaBrazilFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaNepalNigeriaPakistanSouth AfricaSouth KoreaTaiwanTanzaniaTurkeyUKUSA

Team based in:AustraliaCanadaCosta RicaFranceGermanyItalyMexicoSouth AfricaThe NetherlandsUK (England, Northern Ireland, Wales)USA





Communications

4,034twitter

followers

2,119Facebook

likes

1,287,211Thunderclap

reach

In London, during Open Access Week, we packed a room with over 40 people for the Button’s launch and livestreamed it to 150 more. For the launch and other events, we were privileged to have Open Access Button talks all over the globe, a selection of which can be found on our map.

This was accompanied by fantastic press coverage including: Huffington Post, VentureBeat, Creative Commons, EFF, The Varsity and Scientific American Blogs.

In addition, during Open Access Week, we took part in a reddit AMA alongside EFF, Creative Commons, the Right to Research Coalition and Fundacion Karisma.

35,000+Blog hits

Above: Roshan Karn speaking about the Open Access Button in Nepal (photo credit: Iryna Kuchma).


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/will-ross/new-app-makes-research-ac_b_6019428.html

http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/23/open-access-button-gets-expanded-features-to-help-users-find-free-scholarly-researc/

https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43858

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/students-re-launch-open-access-button-apps-find-free-access-scientific-and

http://thevarsity.ca/2014/10/27/millennials-focus-of-open-access-week/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/absolutely-maybe/2014/10/20/teenage-mutant-ninja-journal-celebrating-an-open-access-birthday/

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2k3zy8/we_are_eff_creative_commons_right_to_research/




Fuelling Advocacy - Diego


SPARC Innovators


With Thanks To

Cottage LabsOpen Society Foundations

Jisc Right to Research Coalition

Medsin

For everyone, head to openaccessbutton.org/about#thanks

Mozilla SciencePLOS

CrowdfundersContent Mine

SPARC

The team, friends, family and partners


Co-leads and Co-foundersDavid CarrollMedical student. Belfast, Northern IrelandJoe McArthurAssistant Director, Right to Research Coalition. London, England.Georgina Taylor Medical and Arts student. Hobart, Australia.

CommunicationsDave Bennett (Coordinator)PhD student. London, England.Margaux Larre-PerezPhD Student. Paris, France.Megan WaplesMLIS Student. London, England.Lydia ZvyagintsevaGraduate student in Digital Humanities and Library and Information Studies. Alberta, Canada.Alexandra GiannopoulouPhD Law Student, Universite Paris II Pantheon AssasJess WarrenMA Publishing, University of Sydney

Community and AdvocacyReshma Ramachandran (Coordinator)MD/MPP Student. Providence, USA.Sarah Melton (Coordinator)PhD Student. Atlanta, USA.

Consultation and PartnershipsMinuette Le (Coordinator)Researcher, Leuphana Universitaet. Berlin, Germany.

Funding Natalia NororiMedical student. San Jose, Costa Rica.Joseph PaulBiology Student. North Carolina, USA.

LaunchChealsye Bowley (Coordinator)Master of Library and Information Studies, and MSc in Science, Technology and Society. Florence, Italy and London, UK.

Strategy LeadPenny Andrews

SecretariesLuke BarnesMolecular Biology student. Cardiff, WalesJuan López-TaveraMedical student. Mexico.Natalie CatherwoodMedical student. Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Technology TeamMartin BentleyGeology/computing science MSc student. Port Elizabeth, South Africa.Rigel Hope

Past MembersHeidi DowdingJim McGrathRachael PattonFabian FalkenbachSucheta Tiwari

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Moving forwards

• How best can we connect people with available literature after hitting a paywall?

• A paywall can be a spark for change.


How to connect people with work post-paywall

• Currently, jarring and unwelcoming

• We must think about designing ways to help readers find work behind paywalls

• Can we connect them to other resources?

• Paywalls are here to stay


Using paywalls to make change

•Emailing Authors

•Local organising

https://youtu.be/x_9e-FyySmE?t=2m9s


Paywall Stories

Pediatric Intensive Care in South Africa: An Account of Making Optimum Use of Limited Resources at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital* “I am developing the PCCM curricula at the University of Rwanda.” (doctor)

“I was researching on Open Collaboration - a concept that will help me in structuring my venture - a co-creation community for high school graduates. This paper suggests a documentation of principles that would be useful to create structure. Clearly, I can't access it coz it has a pay per article paywall.” (undisclosed)

“understand my disease better.” (student)

“to compare our own research results with those reported in this paper.” (academic)

“Databases embargo the last 12 months of this journal, so we can't obtain a copy for a student.” (librarian)

Milestones in cell division : To cycle or not to cycle: a critical decision in cancer “I am researching the background for my PhD thesis, which is in an area of importance to human health (cancer biology) “ (student)

Document supply of grey literature and open access: ten years later “Article about my area of work (open access) that is closed access :(“ (librarian)


Questions?

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