[LIBRARYDIR] Register for "Choosing Pathways to OA" Working Forum, Oct 16-17

[Guidry, Wade]

And here is a link to the current edition of the “Pathways to OA” report, as put out by  the Pathways to OA Working Group, a working group operating under UC’s CoUL (Council of University Librarians). CoUL appears roughly analogous to the LLC.

https://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/initiatives/scholarly-communication 



Wade Guidry
Library Consortium Services Manager, WACTCLC
mailto:wadeg at bigbend.edu
(509) 760-4474


From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Guidry, Wade
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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Register for "Choosing Pathways to OA" Working Forum, Oct 16-17

For those interested in the topic of transitioning from subscription to Open Access (OA) content…

I’m forwarding the message below, from the ICOLC listserv, concerning a Fall 2018 working forum in support of “Pathways to Open Access”, an initiative from University of California (UC) libraries and the California Digital Library.

The “Pathways to Open Access” initiative is designed to help the UC system, as well as other interested parties, transition to OA from subscription content.

For more info about the initiative, I’d recommend starting at:

https://cp2oa18.com/about/



Wade Guidry
Library Consortium Services Manager, WACTCLC
mailto:wadeg at bigbend.edu
(509) 760-4474


From: mailto:icolc-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:icolc-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Ivy Anderson
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All,

Please see the announcement below – we hope many of our North American colleagues will consider joining us for this workshop!

best
Ivy

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rachael Samberg <mailto:rsamberg at berkeley.edu>
All, 

We are thrilled to announce that https://cp2oa18.com/ for the Choosing Pathways to OA working forum.
 
We have updated the forum website, http://www.cp2oa18.com, with additional details on travel, accommodations, accessibility, and more—and will be building these out more robustly over the next few weeks.
 
While we develop the forum schedule more precisely, we have in the interim added additional information about forum structure, which we’d like to call your attention to here:
 
The forum structure and agenda will be based on https://dschool-old.stanford.edu/sandbox/groups/designresources/wiki/36873/attachments/74b3d/ModeGuideBOOTCAMP2010L.pdf to cultivate discourse and a solutions-based approach. The goal is to facilitate participants’ abilities to understand and assess which OA strategies might be appropriate for repurposing spends at their own institutions, to engage participants in exploring insights shared by others about the implications of implementing those strategies, and to support participants in outlining or developing their own action plans for their institution or author community.
 
As the forum will not include presentations in the traditional sense, but instead will be based around discourse, we are engaging facilitators rather than speakers to help guide discussions on given OA publishing strategies. Please check the https://cp2oa18.com/details/facilitators/ page of our website in the coming weeks for more information.
 
This overall information-sharing and discussion-centered format strives to achieve a balance between deeper engagement with the OA strategies and meaningful opportunities to frame or advance along next steps–including through alignment or partnership with similarly-interested institutions or communities.  As we also hope is clear from the Pathways toolkit and our https://cp2oa18.com/about/, the forum will give voice to strategies within all OA approaches, with the understanding that each institution or author community might wish to support a range of strategies and approaches.
 
If you have any questions, please contact mailto:schol-comm at berkeley.edu.

Sincerely, 
The CP2OA Planning Committee

Rachael Samberg (UCB) Co-chair
Maria Gould (UCB) Co-chair
Allegra Swift (UCSD)
David Schmitt (UCSD)
Anneliese Taylor (UCSF)
Stephen Kiyoi (UCSF)
Donald Barclay (UCM)
Lisa Schiff (CDL)
Mat Willmott (CDL)
Sherri Barnes (UCSB)
Eunice Schroeder (UCSB)
John Renaud (UCI)
Mike Wolfe (UCD)


*******More background*********
The Premise: 
 
Many within the scholarly community have been trying to achieve a large-scale transition to open access (“OA”) to scholarly literature for nearly twenty years. To date, only around http://science-metrix.com/sites/default/files/science-metrix/publications/d_1.8_sm_ec_dg-rtd_proportion_oa_1996-2013_v11p.pdf. At this rate, realizing a full OA scholarly universe could take decades. If we within the research community are going to accelerate progress toward free readership for all, we must make critical choices about how we spend our money in supporting OA publishing.
 
To advance data-driven decision-making on these issues, in March 2018, the University of California (UC) libraries and the California Digital Library released the https://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/initiatives/scholarly-communication toolkit. The Pathways toolkit analyzes the many approaches and strategies for advancing the large-scale transition to OA, and identifies possible next action steps for UC system-wide investment and experimentation.
 
We also designed the Pathways toolkit to be a practical resource for other institutions wrestling with the same choices. Now, we invite you to join us in this decision-making process to create localized plans suitable for your own institution or community.
 
The Call: 
Participate in a two-day working forum focused on action-focused deliberations about redirecting subscription and other funds toward sustainable open access publishing.
The Details:
 
Who:   North American library or consortium leaders and key academic stakeholders are invited to substantively deliberate and develop plans for how they will repurpose budgets and subscription spends to support a transition to open access publishing.
 
The forum seeks to engage participants with relevant decision-making responsibilities involving subscriptions, licensing, collection development, publication policy, research funding, and other strategic areas. This may encompass more than one individual attending on behalf of an institution or community.
 
When:  October 16-17, 2018
 
Where: UC Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
 
What: A two-day working forum that inclusively engages participants in deliberations of OA approaches and strategies--with an eye toward empowering local decision-making. Diverse views on pathways for transitioning to open access are encouraged. The forum will be governed by a public statement of diversity and inclusion spanning from the planning process through the event itself. We are exploring ways to make portions of the event available remotely for those unable to attend in person.
 
Participants will have a meaningful opportunity to:
1.     Understand actionable mechanisms and opportunities for advancing the transition to OA
2.     Engage in facilitated, substantive exchange on the pragmatics of each of these strategies
3.     Accelerate their own action initiatives based upon the discussions
After first-day discussions, attendees will have dedicated time to further consider, align with, or plan for implementing various strategies, suitable for their institutions or communities.
For a preview of the panoply of OA approaches (Green, Gold Non-APC, Gold APC) and funding strategies that will serve as a basis for discussion and decision-making, please see the UC Libraries’ https://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/initiatives/scholarly-communicationhttps://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/initiatives/scholarly-communication.
How much:
 
This working forum is free to attend. No registration fees will be charged, and invited speaker travel and lodging will be covered by the University of California Libraries. Attendance includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and one dinner.