April 2014
April 2014 Update Private Version
Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) April 2014 Update, Public Version
Welcome to the HOAP discussion list! This list is designed to share monthly updates, conversations, and information about the Harvard Open Access Project. Some of HOAP's work is confidential, such as consulting with institutions about their OA policies. The public updates therefore provide information on the rest of our work.
These updates are publicly available for community members, partners, and other interested parties. Feel free to share them with your networks.
For questions or additions, please contact Adam Holland (aholland@cyber.law.harvard.edu).
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Update, Public Version, April 2014
I. Ongoing Work
OPEN ACCESS DIRECTORY
-Peter and HOAP research assistant Andrea Bernard continue to update and expand the Open Access Directory (OAD).
SOCIETIES AND OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH
-Peter, Caroline Sutton, and HOAP research assistant Amanda Page continue to update and expand their catalog of open-access journals published by scholarly societies.
II. Events
MEETINGS AND TALKS
-Peter spoke on open access and copyright at a panel discussion hosted by DARTH (Digital Arts & Humanities at Harvard University) Crimson, at Harvard Law School, April 1, 2014. -Peter spoke on open access by teleconference to Morningside College on April 14, 2014. -The Harvard Library published an interview with Peter Suber on the 23 takedown notices Elsevier sent to Harvard last fall.
III. Technical Developments
-TAGTEAM PROGRESS HOAP developed TagTeam 1.0 in 2011-2012, and launched version 1.5.2 on April 10, 2014.
-HOAP's primary objective in developing TagTeam is to enhance the Open Access Tracking Project (OATP), which moved to TagTeam in September 2012. However, HOAP is developing TagTeam as a general-purpose tool useful for social-tagging projects on any topic. The development is funded by the Harvard Library Lab.
IV. Related Resources
-HOAP Wiki -Guide to good practices for university open-access policies (first released on October 17, 2012; last updated on October 21, 2013) --To obtain a print version of the good-practices guide, please send mailing information to Adam Holland. An interactive PDF can be found [1] -Open Access (MIT Press, 2012), updates and supplements -Open Access Directory -Open Access Tracking Project -Societies and Open Access Research -TagTeam