There are numerous open access publications. A partial directory is provided by DOAJ - the Directory of Open Access Journals: http://doaj.org/
In many fields (particularly health/life sciences) publishing open access is the established norm. -Jodi On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > Everton, > Um yes, this is interesting, but what does it mean practically? I > noticed Harvard also said it wants to save 3.75 million dollars > annually by cancelling its academic journal subscriptions. But what > are the ramifications? How do you academically "publish" for open > access? I love Wikipedia, but Wikipedia pages will never fill the same > purpose as articles in academic journals. There needs to be a place > like Wikisource where one can "publish" open access publications after > some sort of peer review or general editting process, so that students > (and their professors) can use these in the way they use academic > books today. > > Or am I thinking too much from the academic standpoint and do we > really need to "turn education upside down" and teach our children in > the "Khan academy" way? > > Jane > > 2013/1/22, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <ezalvare...@wikimedia.org>: > > Interesting. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Alex Leavitt <alexleav...@gmail.com> > > Date: 2013/1/22 > > Subject: [FC-discuss] Publishing Open Access... Only. > > To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in > > particular <disc...@freeculture.org> > > > > > > Hey everyone, > > > > Today I've made an important personal announcement: I've decided to > > only publish in open-access academic publications. Even after years of > > being in this group, it was still difficult to come to this decision, > > but I'm glad I've finally reached it. You can, and I encourage you to, > > read more about my thoughts here -- http://alexleavitt.com/oa/ -- and > > if you feel inclined, please share it with colleagues and your > > respective networks. > > > > Thanks, > > Alex > > > > --- > > > > Alexander Leavitt > > PhD Student > > USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism > > http://alexleavitt.com > > Twitter: @alexleavitt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > disc...@freeculture.org > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > > > > > -- > > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > > Open Knowledge Foundation Brasil > > Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre > > http://br.okfn.org > > > > -- > > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > > "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more > > useful than a life spent doing nothing." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >
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