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The Cost of Knowledge and the future of open access
Tyler Neylon Friday, October 19, 12
The Present
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“...it might help if there were a website somewhere, where mathematicians [boycotting Elsevier] could sign their names electronically.” – Timothy Gowers Jan 21, 2012 Friday, October 19, 12
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Profit in $m, 2011 $3,000
$2,250
$1,500
$750
$0
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Profit in $m, 2011 $3,000
Reed Elsevier $2.6b $2,250
$1,500
$750
$0
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2010 Profits as % Revenue 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Top 50 companies from 2011 Fortune 500 Friday, October 19, 12
2010 Profits as % Revenue 60 50 40
Reed Elsevier 37.3% (2011)
30 20 10 0
Top 50 companies from 2011 Fortune 500 Friday, October 19, 12
Monograph & Serial Expenditures in ARL Libraries 375%
Serial Expenditures Serial +374% Expenditures +374%
Monograph Unit Cost (+89%) Monograph Expenditures (+86%)
0% 1986 Friday, October 19, 12
Monographs Purchased (0%)
2008
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The Future?
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The Future?
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The Past
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The Future?
The Past
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“Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not ... to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.” – Richard Feynman
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Technology
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2011
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The Future
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“Prediction is very difficult,
– attributed to Niels Bohr
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”
– attributed to Niels Bohr
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Technology precise, distributed editing
reputation; micro peer review
open publishing
timely, active discussion topics Friday, October 19, 12
Technology precise, distributed editing
reputation; micro peer review
Open Science! open publishing timely, active discussion topics Friday, October 19, 12
Awareness
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Universities
Closed Publishers
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Researchers
Libraries
Universities Tenure Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Tenure
Researchers
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
Tenure
Researchers
Universities can explicitly respect open access attitudes in hiring decisions. Friday, October 19, 12
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Tenure
Researchers
Libraries
Universities Tenure Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Libraries Articles
Closed Publishers
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Universities
Research
Researchers
Libraries Articles
Closed Publishers
Universities
Research
Researchers
Tell readers how much it would cost all universities to subscribe to every journal they read from. Friday, October 19, 12
Libraries Articles
Closed Publishers
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Universities
Research
Researchers
Libraries
Universities Tenure Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
What is the global library cost of working for closed vs open access? Friday, October 19, 12
Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Inform contributors of the global library cost of their journals. Friday, October 19, 12
Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Inform contributors how many interested readers can’t afford their journals. Friday, October 19, 12
Articles
Closed Publishers Respected Journal Names
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Research
Researchers Editing / Peer Review
Awareness
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Folks who built the current site
• Adam Luikart • Jean Hsu • Tuhin Kumar • Scott Cameron
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Folks who built the current site
• Adam Luikart • Jean Hsu • Tuhin Kumar • Scott Cameron • ...and over 12,000 open access supporters
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References • http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ • http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/performers/companies/profits/revenues.html • http://reporting.reedelsevier.com/staticreports/Reed_AR_2011.pdf • http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arlstat08.pdf
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