Quick snapshot of Open Access

CARL OA flyer PDF

More detailed Open Access FAQs:

Concordia University Library
http://library.concordia.ca/research/openaccess/index.php

Mount St. Vincent University Library 
http://libguides.msvu.ca/content.php?pid=92115&sid=686199

Why Open Access? (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) 
http://www.arl.org/sparc/openaccess/why-oa.shtml

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How to support Open Access

Faculty PDF
Research Funders PDF
University Administrators PDF
Librarians PDF

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Resources for authors

Sharing enables new research to build on earlier findings. It not only fuels the further advancement
of knowledge, it brings scientists and scholars the recognition that advances their careers.
In the digital world, the ways we share and use scholarly material are expanding — rapidly,
fundamentally, irreversibly. This page contains basic information about repositories and author rights.
http://carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/resources-for-authors.html

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Select articles and reports

Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age (Chan, 2009)

The Internet has made Open Access publication – the free distribution of scholarly work – a powerful possibility for scholars, administrators and publishers alike. Leslie Chan (University of Toronto Scarborough) takes a look at the potential benefits, and looming challenges, facing this new approach to knowledge dissemination. 
http://www.academicmatters.ca/2009/05/open-access-promises-and-challenges-of-scholarship-in-the-digital-age/

The LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access (League of European Research Universities, 2011)

This roadmap represents a conscious decision by the League of European Research Universities to investigate new models for scholarly communication and the dissemination of research outputs emanating from LERU universities. The European Commission has singled out "the dissemination, transfer and use of research results, including through open access to publications and data from publicly funded research", as one of the action points to be pursued in order to achieve a well-functioning European Research Area (ERA). This document also benefits from a series of talking points that spesk to varous key aspects of Open Access, addressing various audiences. PDF

See any of the following for more detailed information:

Heading for the open road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications
(Research Information Network, 2011) HTML

The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009 (Laakso et al, 2011) 
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0020961

The Open Access citation advantage: Studies and results to date (Swan, 2010) 
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18516/

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Select Websites about OA

Create Change Canada

This detailed web site examines new opportunities in scholarly communication, advocates changes that recognize the potential of the networked digital environment, and encourages active participation by scholars and researchers to guide change. 
http://www.createchangecanada.ca/

SPARC - The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

SPARC is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system. Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become a catalyst for change.
http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.shtml

Enabling Open Scholarship

Enabling Open Scholarship (EOS) is an organisation for universities and research institutions worldwide. The organisation is both an information service and a forum for raising and discussing issues around the mission of modern universities and research institutions, particularly with regard to the creation, dissemination and preservation of research findings. 
http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/j_6/home

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Research funders and OA

Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research Data (Shearer, 2011) 

Commissioned by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, this briefing paper serves as a starting point to inform discussions between the three federal granting agencies as they consider how they might implement open access measures, collectively or individually, over the next few years. The agencies’ ultimate goal is to adopt a joint policy on access to research results.*
http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=1E7A5F18-1

Choosing the best Open Access business model (Friend, 2011) 

This briefing paper from Knowledge Exchange offers insight into various open access business models, from institutional to subject repositories, from open access journals to research data and monographs. This overview shows that there is a considerable variety in business models within a common framework of public funding. 
http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=459

Select Research Funders' OA Policies

Canada
CIHR | CHSRF | Genome Canada | MSFHR

International
NIH | Wellcome Trust | ERC | NERC

See more examples of funder policies at ROARMAP.
http://roarmap.eprints.org/

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OA author funds

Campus-based Open-access Publishing Funds (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)

This page provides information to (a) institutions contemplating an open-access fund, (b) institutions currently operating funds, (c) authors seeking to know more about the opportunities such funds provide, and (d) anyone else wanting to keep abreast of important developments in this area. An FAQ, implementation tools, and select case studies among other things are included. 
http://www.arl.org/sparc/openaccess/funds/

Open Access Funds in Action (SPARC)
http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/fundsinaction.pdf

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OA policy development

Formulating an institutional Open Access policy (Enabling Open Scholarship)

University policies can be voluntary or mandatory, however, evidence suggests it's mandatory policies that produce the level of author-archiving that fills repositories with content. This page contains useful resources on OA policy formulation and some actual institutional policy examples.
http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6217/formulating-an-institutional-open-access-policy


Campus Open Access Policies (SPARC)

SPARC has coordinated with open-access policy leaders and experts to develop this new set of resources to support data-driven, community-engaging, and successful open-access policy development at institutions everywhere. 
http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/campus/


JISC Repositories Support Project

The aim of the project is to progress the vision of a deployed network of interoperable repositories for academic papers, learning materials and research data across higher learning institutions. 
http://www.rsp.ac.uk/

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Open Access statements

Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/berlin-prozess/berliner-erklarung/

Budapest Open Access Initiative
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml