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'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Don't lock up your research!</span>'''
 
'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Don't lock up your research!</span>'''
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Learn about the [http://creativecommons.org/about creative commons]</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Learn about the [http://creativecommons.org/about creative commons]</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[Resources for authors]-keep your research accessible</span>
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* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[[Resources for authors]]-keep your research accessible</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[http://www.openaccesspledge.com/ Pledge to be open!]</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">[http://www.openaccesspledge.com/ Pledge to be open!]</span>
* * ''I will devote most of my reviewing and publishing efforts to Open Access journals.''
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*''I will devote most of my reviewing and publishing efforts to Open Access journals.''
 
  ''* I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.''
 
  ''* I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.''
 
  ''* I will encourage my colleagues to take a similar pledge.''
 
  ''* I will encourage my colleagues to take a similar pledge.''
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'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Change the Academic Culture</span>'''
 
'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Change the Academic Culture</span>'''
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Get your department to consider making a pledge similar to that of American Society for Cell Biology’s [http://am.ascb.org/dora Declaration on Research Assessment], which commits to:</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Get your department to consider making a pledge similar to that of American Society for Cell Biology’s [http://am.ascb.org/dora Declaration on Research Assessment], which commits to:</span>
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|# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Not to consider journal-based metrics (Journal Impact Factor) in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions</span>
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# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Not to consider journal-based metrics (Journal Impact Factor) in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions</span>
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# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">The content of a paper will be weighed more heavily in evaluations than the journal in which it was published</span>
|# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">The content of a paper will be weighed more heavily in evaluations than the journal in which it was published</span>
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# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">To consider the value and impact of all research outputs</span>
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|# <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">To consider the value and impact of all research outputs</span>
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* U.S. universities such as [http://www.facultysenate.vcu.edu/2010/11/17/vcu-faculty-senate-resolution-1/ Virginia Commonwealth University] and the [http://openaccess.unt.edu/denton-declaration University of North Texas] have adopted formal statements supporting and encouraging Open Access publishing.
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|* ====U.S. universities such as [http://www.facultysenate.vcu.edu/2010/11/17/vcu-faculty-senate-resolution-1/ Virginia Commonwealth University] and the [http://openaccess.unt.edu/denton-declaration University of North Texas] have adopted formal statements supporting and encouraging Open Access publishing.====
 
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* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[http://www.openaccessweek.org/ Open Access Week]—is organized by the International Open Access Week alliance at the end of October each year. This year was the 7th celebration of Open Access Week.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[http://www.openaccessweek.org/ Open Access Week]—is organized by the International Open Access Week alliance at the end of October each year. This year was the 7th celebration of Open Access Week.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons]: Use Creative Commons licenses to prevent companies from limiting your potential readership and to protect open access to knowledge for everyone—regardless of their ability to pay.</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons]: Use Creative Commons licenses to prevent companies from limiting your potential readership and to protect open access to knowledge for everyone—regardless of their ability to pay.</span>
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[https://www.opendemocracy.net/jackie-smith/defending-global-knowledge-commons Defending the Knowledge Commons, ]//Open Democracy.net'' (Jackie Smith, March 2015)</span>
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* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[https://www.opendemocracy.net/jackie-smith/defending-global-knowledge-commons Defending the Knowledge Commons, ] Open Democracy.net'' (Jackie Smith, March 2015)</span>
  
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">'''Use and promote Free and Open Source Software''' (FOSS). Here are some especially useful tools for scholars and activists:</span>
 
* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">'''Use and promote Free and Open Source Software''' (FOSS). Here are some especially useful tools for scholars and activists:</span>
''' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[http://meet.mayfirst.org Online meetings]-video & audio and desktop sharing technology: [http://jitsi.org Jitsi.org] </span>
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**''' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[http://meet.mayfirst.org Online meetings]-video & audio and desktop sharing technology: [http://jitsi.org Jitsi.org] </span>
''' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[https://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office]</span>
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**''' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[https://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office]</span>
''' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[https://www.libreoffice.org/ Libre Office]</span>
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**''' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[https://www.libreoffice.org/ Libre Office]</span>
  
 
'''Organizing Tools'''
 
'''Organizing Tools'''
''' '''Say no to Skype—Use Jitsi:''' Jitsi, an open source, secure online video-audio connection for meetings of 2-many people. No software to download, online notepad, secure and no user data is collected. Just share the meeting URL with participants. [https://meet.mayfirst.org]
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**''' '''Say no to Skype—Use Jitsi:''' Jitsi, an open source, secure online video-audio connection for meetings of 2-many people. No software to download, online notepad, secure and no user data is collected. Just share the meeting URL with participants. [https://meet.mayfirst.org]
''' '''Email that doesn’t share your data with advertisers or the NSA:''' Don’t give in to Google: [http://www.riseup.net www.riseup.net]
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**''' '''Email that doesn’t share your data with advertisers or the NSA:''' Don’t give in to Google: [http://www.riseup.net www.riseup.net]
''' Open source survey program [http://opinahq.com/app/c/89004]
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**''' Open source survey program [http://opinahq.com/app/c/89004]
''' [https://ptp.ourpowerbase.net Meeting/ webinar program: https://ptp.ourpowerbase.net]
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**''' [https://ptp.ourpowerbase.net Meeting/ webinar program: https://ptp.ourpowerbase.net]
  
 
* '''Other Readings and Resources'''
 
* '''Other Readings and Resources'''
* <span style="font-size: 16px;">[http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/03/lets-stop-google-from-gobbling-up-our-schools/ Let’s Stop Google from Gobbling Up Our Schools]</span><span class="postauthorintro" style="font-size: 16px;">by </span><span class="postauthor" style="font-size: 16px;">[http://www.counterpunch.org/author/l3l3lclcl3l2ldl/ Jackie Smith - Alfredo Lopez ]</span>=
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* <span style="font-size: 16px;">[http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/03/lets-stop-google-from-gobbling-up-our-schools/ Let’s Stop Google from Gobbling Up Our Schools]</span><span class="postauthorintro" style="font-size: 16px;">by </span><span class="postauthor" style="font-size: 16px;">[http://www.counterpunch.org/author/l3l3lclcl3l2ldl/ Jackie Smith - Alfredo Lopez ]</span>
 
* '''[http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/26234/ Innovations and Transparency in Scholarly Peer Review]''' Open Access Week 2015 Panel--Experts discuss novel approaches to pre- and post-publication peer review that advances research and innovation.
 
* '''[http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/26234/ Innovations and Transparency in Scholarly Peer Review]''' Open Access Week 2015 Panel--Experts discuss novel approaches to pre- and post-publication peer review that advances research and innovation.
 
* [http://www.ssrn.com/en/ Social Science Research Network]: <span style="font-family: ARIAL,HELVETICA;">SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by distributing '''[http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/CreateNewAbstract.cfm Submitted]''' abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. </span>
 
* [http://www.ssrn.com/en/ Social Science Research Network]: <span style="font-family: ARIAL,HELVETICA;">SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by distributing '''[http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/CreateNewAbstract.cfm Submitted]''' abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. </span>
* Manisha Desai, Chapter on [[:file:Desai_Cyberactivism Chapter_New Cultures of Globalization.pdf|cyber-activism and new cultures of globalization]]
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* Manisha Desai, Chapter on [http://wiki.inosa.mayfirst.org/uploads/Desai_Cyberactivism%20Chapter_New%20Cultures%20of%20Globalization.compressed.pdf cyber-activism and new cultures of globalization]
 
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fearing-surveillance-in-the-age-of-trump-activists-study-up-on-digital-anonymity/2017/05/20/186e8ba0-359d-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?utm_term=.157a0bdc0faa In Trump's America, Black Lives Matter Activists Wary of Smartphone Use ]//Washington Post'' June 1, 2017
 
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fearing-surveillance-in-the-age-of-trump-activists-study-up-on-digital-anonymity/2017/05/20/186e8ba0-359d-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?utm_term=.157a0bdc0faa In Trump's America, Black Lives Matter Activists Wary of Smartphone Use ]//Washington Post'' June 1, 2017

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SUPPORT THE KNOWLEDGE COMMONS Scholars are on the front lines in the struggle to keep information free and accessible to those without access to well-resourced university libraries. This is a rapidly growing population as publishers consolidate their control of the scholarly publishing industry. Here are resources to help scholars be part of a collective effort to defend the knowledge commons and protect open access to scholarly work for everyone. (The following tips come from presentation by Erin McKiernan-see below)

Support for publishing Open Access

Don't lock up your research!

* I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.
* I will encourage my colleagues to take a similar pledge.
* I will encourage my co-authors to publish in Open Access journals.
* If I am going to 'make it' in science, it has to be on terms I can live with.

Change the Academic Culture

  1. Not to consider journal-based metrics (Journal Impact Factor) in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions
  2. The content of a paper will be weighed more heavily in evaluations than the journal in which it was published
  3. To consider the value and impact of all research outputs


More Resources & Background on Academic Publishing and Open Access

Access video recording of lecture and McKiernan’s resourceful presentation slides here >> Summary of McKiernan's slides with link

Organizing Tools

    • Say no to Skype—Use Jitsi: Jitsi, an open source, secure online video-audio connection for meetings of 2-many people. No software to download, online notepad, secure and no user data is collected. Just share the meeting URL with participants. [1]
    • Email that doesn’t share your data with advertisers or the NSA: Don’t give in to Google: www.riseup.net
    • Open source survey program [2]
    • Meeting/ webinar program: https://ptp.ourpowerbase.net