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What Does ‘Green’ Open Access Mean? Tracking Twelve Years Of Changes To Journal Publisher Self-Archiving Policies, Elizabeth Gadd, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2015

What Does ‘Green’ Open Access Mean? Tracking Twelve Years Of Changes To Journal Publisher Self-Archiving Policies, Elizabeth Gadd, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Traces the 12‐year self‐archiving policy journey of the original 107 publishers listed on the
SHERPA/RoMEO Publisher Policy Database in 2004, through to 2015. Maps the RoMEO colour codes
(‘green’, ‘blue’, ‘yellow’ and ‘white’) and related restrictions and conditions over time. Finds that
while the volume of publishers allowing some form of self‐archiving (pre‐print, post‐print or both)
has increased by 12% over the twelve years, the volume of restrictions around how, where, and
when self‐archiving may take place has increased 119%, 190% and 1000% respectively. A significant
positive correlation was found between the increase in self‐archiving restrictions and the
introduction of …


Orcid @ Cmu: Successes And Failures, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2014

Orcid @ Cmu: Successes And Failures, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Setting and Objectives: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) recently planned and
implemented a project to help CMU researchers get an Open Researcher and Contributor
Identifier (ORCID) and to enable administrators to integrate the ORCIDs into university
systems. This article describes and assesses the planning, performance, and outcome of this
initiative, branded ORCID @ CMU.

Design and Methods: The article chronicles why and how ORCID was integrated at CMU,
including the rationale for changes in strategic plans. It assesses researcher participation in
the project using transaction log and content analyses, and the performance of the ORCID
project team using recommendations in the …


Changes In Support For Open Access: Laudatory Or Predatory?, Denise Troll Covey Oct 2013

Changes In Support For Open Access: Laudatory Or Predatory?, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Despite conspicuous progress in providing open access to scholarly articles, there is a steady, unsettling undercurrent stirred by traditional publishers that could undermine the green route to open access. This article examines data and discourse to better understand publisher perspectives on self-archiving and, based on this understanding, urges action from open access advocates.


Faculty Self-Archiving Practices: A Case Study, Denise Troll Covey Aug 2013

Faculty Self-Archiving Practices: A Case Study, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Faculty web pages were examined to learn about self-archiving practice at Carnegie Mellon. More faculty are self-archiving their work and more work is being self-archived than expected. However, the distribution of self-archiving activity across the disciplines is not as expected. More faculty self-archive journal articles than other publications, but more conference papers are self-archived than journal articles. Many faculty who self-archive have self-archived fewer than ten publications. A small number of faculty has self-archived most of the work that is available open access from faculty web pages. Significant differences in faculty behavior within departments cannot be explained by disciplinary culture.


Rights, Registries And Remedies: An Analysis Of Resposnes To The Copyright Office Notice Of Inquiry Regarding Orphan Works, Denise Troll Covey Aug 2013

Rights, Registries And Remedies: An Analysis Of Resposnes To The Copyright Office Notice Of Inquiry Regarding Orphan Works, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Response To Library Of Congress Noi On Orphan Works And Mass Digitization, Denise Troll Covey Aug 2013

Response To Library Of Congress Noi On Orphan Works And Mass Digitization, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Publishers And Universities Respond To The Ostp Mandate, Denise Troll Covey Jun 2013

Publishers And Universities Respond To The Ostp Mandate, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Brief summary and comparison of the ClearingHouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) announced by the Association of American Publishers and the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) announced by the American Association of Universities, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Association of Research Libraries.


Comparison Of Fastr And Ostp Directive, Denise Troll Covey Mar 2013

Comparison Of Fastr And Ostp Directive, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Letter To Congressman Mike Doyle Thanking Him For Introducing The Fair Access To Science And Technology Research Act Of 2013., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Feb 2013

Letter To Congressman Mike Doyle Thanking Him For Introducing The Fair Access To Science And Technology Research Act Of 2013., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Letter In Support Of The White House Directive Mandating Public Access And Reuse Rights To Publications And Data Arising From Federally Funded Research., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Feb 2013

Letter In Support Of The White House Directive Mandating Public Access And Reuse Rights To Publications And Data Arising From Federally Funded Research., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Reply Comment In Response To Noi On Orphan Works And Mass Digitization, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2012

Reply Comment In Response To Noi On Orphan Works And Mass Digitization, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Publisher Support For Self-Archiving: Laudatory Or Predatory?, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2012

Publisher Support For Self-Archiving: Laudatory Or Predatory?, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Most publishers with self-archiving policies in the SHERPA RoMEO database allow authors to deposit their articles in a repository or post them to a website – supporting the green route to open access. Nevertheless, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) enthusiastically endorsed legislation proposed and defeated twice in the United States to prohibit federal agencies from mandating repository deposits of articles reporting on research they funded. The AAP also endorsed the Finch Report issued in the United Kingdom. The Report denigrated repository deposits and elevated open access publishing – the gold route to open access – as the preferred path …


Opening The Dissertation: Overcoming Cultural Calcification And Agoraphobia, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2012

Opening The Dissertation: Overcoming Cultural Calcification And Agoraphobia, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

This article places the struggle to open access to the dissertation in the context of the crisis in doctoral education and the transition from print to digital literacy. It explores the underlying cultural calcification and agoraphobia that deter engagement with openness. Solving the problems will require overhauling the curriculum and conventions of doctoral education. Opening access to dissertations is an important first step, but insufficient to end the crisis. Only opening other dimensions of the dissertation -- the structure, media, notion of authorship, and methods of assessment -- can foster the digital literacy needed to save PhD programs from extinction. …


Response To U.S. Copyright Office Noi On Orphan Works And Mass Digitization, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2012

Response To U.S. Copyright Office Noi On Orphan Works And Mass Digitization, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Response To The National Institutes Of Health (Nih) Rfi On Input Into Deliberations Of The Advisory Committee To The Nih Director Working Group On Data And Informatics., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Feb 2012

Response To The National Institutes Of Health (Nih) Rfi On Input Into Deliberations Of The Advisory Committee To The Nih Director Working Group On Data And Informatics., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Letter To Congressman Mike Doyle Supporting The Federal Research Public Access Act (Frpaa)., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Feb 2012

Letter To Congressman Mike Doyle Supporting The Federal Research Public Access Act (Frpaa)., Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Letter To Congress Opposing The Research Works Act, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Jan 2012

Letter To Congress Opposing The Research Works Act, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Response To Ostp Rfi On Public Access To Digital Data, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Dec 2011

Response To Ostp Rfi On Public Access To Digital Data, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

Response to Request for Information from the Office of Science and Technology Policy posted in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 214, November 4, 2011.


Response To Ostp Rfi On Public Access To Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair Dec 2011

Response To Ostp Rfi On Public Access To Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research, Denise Troll Covey, Gloriana St. Clair

Denise Troll Covey

Response to Request for Information from the Office of Science and Technology Policy posted in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 214, November 4, 2011.


Author Rights And Publishing Today: What You Should Know. Why You Should Care., Denise Troll Covey Oct 2011

Author Rights And Publishing Today: What You Should Know. Why You Should Care., Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Recruiting Content For The Institutional Repository: The Barriers Exceed The Benefits, Denise Troll Covey Dec 2010

Recruiting Content For The Institutional Repository: The Barriers Exceed The Benefits, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

Focus groups conducted at Carnegie Mellon reveal that what motivates many faculty to self-archive on a website or disciplinary repository will not motivate them to deposit their work in the institutional repository. Recruiting a critical mass of content for the institutional repository is contingent on increasing awareness, aligning deposit with existing workflows, and providing value-added services that meet needs not currently being met by other tools. Faculty share concerns about quality and the payoff for time invested in publishing and disseminating their work, but disagree about metrics for assessing quality, the merit of disseminating work prior to peer review, and …


Open Access And Library Resources Compete In Importance, Denise Troll Covey, Janel Sutkus Dec 2010

Open Access And Library Resources Compete In Importance, Denise Troll Covey, Janel Sutkus

Denise Troll Covey

Few assessments of academic library value have included the value of open access resources, despite widespread agreement that dramatic changes in the scholarly landscape challenge the library's relevance and viability. This paper reports on faculty and graduate student perceptions of the relative importance of various resources to particular teaching and research activities. Open access resources compete in importance with full-text digital resources provided by the library. Both are more important to research than teaching, but open access resources are the most important resource in some teaching activities.


Publisher Pushback On Federal Open Access Mandates, Denise Troll Covey Sep 2010

Publisher Pushback On Federal Open Access Mandates, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Issues In Digital Preservation, Denise Troll Covey Mar 2010

Issues In Digital Preservation, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Digital Libraries: Threat To Copyright?, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

Digital Libraries: Threat To Copyright?, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

This paper examines the movement to provide free online (open) access to scholarly journal articles as civil disobedience, a heretical challenge to the orthodox ideology of intellectual property law and the tradition of copyright transfer to a publisher. The legal standing and carefully crafted rhetoric of the heretical leaders enables them to rightfully proclaim that the goals of the open access (OA) movement can be achieved in compliance with U.S. copyright law while exposing conflicting values and problematic assumptions in the law that portend reform. Meanwhile, much of the work that the heretics have made available open access breaches publisher …


The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Open Access & Copyright, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

Open Access & Copyright, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Self-Archiving Journal Articles: A Case Study Of Faculty Practice And Missed Opportunity, Denise Troll Covey Mar 2009

Self-Archiving Journal Articles: A Case Study Of Faculty Practice And Missed Opportunity, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Open Access To Research, Denise Troll Covey Mar 2009

The Ethics Of Open Access To Research, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.