Comments on: Open Access Day: Why It Matters http://duncan.hull.name/2008/10/14/open-access-day-why-it-matters-2/ A personal laboratory notebook Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Duncan http://duncan.hull.name/2008/10/14/open-access-day-why-it-matters-2/#comment-1714 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:30:11 +0000 http://dullhunk.wordpress.com/?p=748#comment-1714 @Paul, Hi, the gold road to open access does not require that citations are also open access. This would severely restrict what papers authors could cite. Have a look at Peter Suber’s Open Access Overview, for details.

]]> By: Elizabeth Hanlis http://duncan.hull.name/2008/10/14/open-access-day-why-it-matters-2/#comment-1710 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:18:11 +0000 http://dullhunk.wordpress.com/?p=748#comment-1710 Information needs to be accessible by everyone at any time, regardless of their position, the institution they belong to (or don’t belong to), or their financial means. As a small business owner I cannot possibly afford the price of subscribing to all the medical and educational databases which are required for my work.

Open Access allows me to view information and research that will assist in designing effective and innovative learning solutions.
Open Access allows me to pilot tools for e-learning and publish best practices, which will hopefully benefit other educators and institutions.
Open access allows me to stay in business!
In return, I am hoping to create innovative professional development opportunities for health care professionals, and ultimately make a difference in the lives of patients.
Naive thought I am sure… but that is what I am working towards!

]]> By: Paul http://duncan.hull.name/2008/10/14/open-access-day-why-it-matters-2/#comment-1706 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:22:04 +0000 http://dullhunk.wordpress.com/?p=748#comment-1706 Out of interest, does the “gold” standard require citations to be Open Access as well? The most frustrating thing I find is coming across an article which I can access but then not being able to chase up any of the references because they’re all in closed access journals (which doesn’t matter too much at the moment because the University subscribes to almost everything, but it will once I lose access to that service).

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