[Foundation-l] Access to academic journals (was Re: Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser)

[Mayo FM]

Hi!

I agree with Melissa in promoting the use of open access journals. Plus,
there is also the possibility to create solidarity  for access between
academics. In the sense that, if my University does not have access to a
paper I need to complete an article, but another academic in Boston does, to
find a way we can collaborate in order to introduce that reference. Then it
is also important to make present and encorage academics with access to
journals to realise and value that they can make a great contribution by
adding those references that not everybody in Wikipedia has access to.

Cheers! Mayo

2011/3/8 Melissa Hagemann <MHagemann at sorosny.org>

> --- On Tue, Mar 8, 2011, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/3/11, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> > > From: Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>
> > > Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>
> > > I guess I would like editors to have access to archives and
> > > databases
> > > such as those ProQuest sells. Not sure how that would fit
> > > into our
> > > budget.
> >
> > I would like to second that as well -- this is a very important way in
> > which
> > the Foundation could support high-volume content contributors, and
> which
> > would make a significant difference to article quality.
> >
> > This should be a part of university outreach as well. Many university
> > students have log-in IDs enabling them to log into academic databases
> from
> > their homes. Please tell universities who would like to support
> Wikipedia
> > that this is a really important way in which they can support the
> project,
> > by allowing established content contributors access to these
> databases.
>
>
> In general, access to academic journals is extremely expensive and
> usually only possible for those affiliated with universities.  However
> there is an alternative.  There are now over 6,000 peer-reviewed open
> access journals which are freely available online (www.doaj.org) and
> over 1,800 academic repositories where authors deposit copies of their
> research articles (www.opendoar.org).  This is the result of the open
> access movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_(publishing)
> which advocates for public access to publicly funded research.
>
> Hopefully the research which is being made available through open access
> can help to support the work of the community.
>
> Melissa
>
>
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