Dear Mary, Many thanks for posting interesting questions. I think the moderator of this online discussion indicates 'young researchers' to PhD/ M.Phil./ M.Tech./ M.D./ M.S. students and aged between 20 and 35 years. Conferences usually give platforms to young researchers for sharing their research results/ findings. This is quicker publishing mode and also researchers get quick feedback from discussants and audiences. That's why young researchers prefer to publish conference papers, at least in South Asia.
With Best Regards Anup On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Mary Summerfield <mar...@spie.org> wrote: > Thank you for the interesting post about young researchers and open > access.**** > > I would be grateful if you could define the term ‘young researchers’. > What age and educational level are you describing?**** > > Why are the young Indian researchers not aware of the available > resources? Don’t librarians and professors teach them about them?**** > > I was particularly struck by your reference to conference proceedings as > SPIE conducts important conferences in our fields and publishes their > conference proceedings in print and online in the SPIE Digital Library. In > your experience, why do ‘young researchers’ prefer to publish in conference > papers? How are you defining ‘publishing conference papers’? **** > > With best regards,**** > > Mary Summerfield**** > > Publications Business Development Manager**** > > SPIE**** > > +1 360 685 5588 (Office)**** > > +1 360 647 1445 (Fax)**** > > mar...@spie.org**** > > SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics.**** > > SPIE.org <http://www.spie.org/>**** > > Learn about SPIE Press Books <http://spie.org/x31646.xml> and SPIE > Journals <http://spie.org/journalbrochure>.**** > > SPIE CONFIDENTIAL**** > > *From:* goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] *On > Behalf Of *anup kumar das > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 07, 2013 3:21 AM > *To:* goal@eprints.org > *Subject:* [GOAL] Re: Promoting Open Access amongst young researchers**** > > Dear Moderator,**** > > Many thanks for initiating interesting discussion on promoting Open Access > amongst young researchers. Some of the points I wish to raise here that:** > ** > > - Young researchers in Indian universities and probably in other > developing countries are not very aware of open access resources available > around them. Only few are aware of secondary databases, such as erstwhile > OpenJGate, linking primary open access literature. **** > - There is also need for development of more disciplinary open access > cross-search services for both OA knowledge repositories and OA journals at > the national, regional and global level.**** > - Open Access Week should be celebrated in universities and research > institutions for promoting OA amongst young researchers. Here they will > learn how to access, how to self-archive, and how to publish in OA > journals. They will also learn about practical implications of copyright, > copyleft and creative commons licenses in dealing with OA resources and OA > publishing. **** > - We also have found that a majority of young researchers prefer to > publish conference papers, before publishing in academic journals. We know > that majority of conference proceedings are ephemeral and are not easily > available to future researchers. Thus, all public funded seminars and > conferences should publish conference papers and proceedings in OA mode for > future access and long-term preservation. **** > - Your proposed online training tools for young researchers can > include modules on how to access OA literature, how to self-archive in OA > repositories, and how to publish in OA journals/ OA conferences. There > should also be some lessons on practical aspects of copyright, copyleft and > creative commons licenses in dealing with OA resources and OA publishing. > **** > > I wish, you will get some more valuable suggestions from the OA > activists/ evangelists on engaging young researchers in OA publishing.**** > > With Best Regards**** > > Anup **** > > ** ** > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Anup Kumar Das > Centre for Studies in Science Policy > School of Social Sciences > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi - 110067, India > W: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
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