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Unl Digital Commons For Ucare, Paul Royster
Unl Digital Commons For Ucare, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
UCARE is the program for Undergraduate Creative Activity and Research at University of Nebraska–Lincoln. It gives college students the opportunity to be co-researchers and co-authors with university faculty. This presentation concerns the digital preservation and online distribution of those research products. It interprets the story of Noah's Ark, not as a historical fable, but as an existential one—an illustration of the digital flood constantly ongoing around us at every moment. Noah did not discriminate between "good" and "bad" animals; he included every species. When the time came, he released all the animals back into the world, having preserved them for …
Publishing And Public Access Ideas, Paul Royster
Publishing And Public Access Ideas, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
What’s happening in publishing … … since the arrival of digital?
Technologically, work has become • easier to produce • easier to share • easier to disseminate worldwide
Practically, however, work has become : • concentrated in hands of fewer publishers • harder to get (legally) • more expensive •less circulated
Therefore: The Open Access Movement
Disclaimer: • I am not an apostle for Open Access • I believe in public access, not necessarily OpenAccess
What’s the difference?
Open access* = license to re-use, re-post, re-distribute, re-combine, re-work, revise, etc. [*Budapest definition]
Public access = right to read, download, and …