An open access (OA) sourcebook, called the 'Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook' (OASIS), was launched at the recent ELPUB meeting. The new web resource seeks to provide information on the 'concept, principles, advantages, approaches and means to achieving Open Access.'
The site is coordinated by Alma Swan of Key Perspectives Ltd., UK, and Leslie Chan, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada, and overseen by a steering committee and advisory board of international OA experts and advocates. It highlights developments and initiatives from around the world, with links to diverse additional resources and case studies. Materials are presented according to specific focus areas, to reflect diverse interest in wider access to research. OASIS is targeted at researchers, librarians, publishers, administrators, the public and students.
Topics for administrators include the Institutional Advantages of Open Access; Business Aspects of Institutional Open Access Repositories; Institutional Repositories for Research Management and Assessment; Developing an Institutional Open Access Policy; and the Optimal Open Access Policy for Institutions. Topics for researchers include the Benefits of Open Access for Research Dissemination; Open Access-What is it and why should we have it?; Citation Impact; Managing your Research Profile; Ways to Provide Open Access to your Work; Author's Rights and Author Addenda; and Publisher Permissions and Embargoes.
OASIS is projected as a community-building as much as a resource-building exercise. Users are encouraged to share and download the resources provided, and to modify and customise them for local use.
OASIS and the Open Access Directory are central components in the programme for Open Access Week (October 19-23, 2009). The event will feature educational tools that local hosts can use to design events that suit local audiences and time zones. Sample programme tracks drawn from OASIS, which highlight 'Author's rights and author addenda - For researchers' and 'Institutional Advantages from Open Access - For administrators,' have been released for participants to use to design their plans for the week.
The organisers of Open Access Week invite feedback on the sample tracks as well as contributions to OASIS and the Open Access Directory. Additional sample tracks will be developed with advice from registered Open Access Week participants.
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