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WikiSysop: /* Other things I do */

2023-05-01T18:18:32Z

Other things I do

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	* I serve on advisory boards for many organizations, and list them on my [[Peter_Suber\|home page]]. These roles reflect a willingness to advise, and not always a willingness to endorse. Sometimes I also endorse and sometimes I don't; sometimes I endorse more, sometimes less.		* I serve on advisory boards for many organizations, and list them on my [[Peter_Suber\|home page]]. These roles reflect a willingness to advise, and not always a willingness to endorse. Sometimes I also endorse and sometimes I don't; sometimes I endorse more, sometimes less.
	** When I serve on an advisory board, I don't raise money for the organization, though I sometimes support its grant applications.		** When I serve on an advisory board, I don't raise money for the organization, though I sometimes support its grant applications.
	** I have never been paid to serve on boards or similar groups. <!-- working groups, task forces, committees, ... -->		** With one exception, I have never been paid to serve on boards or similar groups. The exception is that I'm paid a small stipend to serve on the steering committee of the [https://openclimatecampaign.org/ Open Climate Campaign].
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	* When I directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication (2013-2022), I sometimes I made decisions, usually with others, on how Harvard should spend its money, for example, on publishers, tool builders, and service providers. That work was covered by my ordinary salary and I was never paid by vendors.		* When I directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication (2013-2022), I sometimes I made decisions, usually with others, on how Harvard should spend its money, for example, on publishers, tool builders, and service providers. That work was covered by my ordinary salary and I was never paid by vendors.

WikiSysop: /* What I do and try to do */

2023-05-01T18:13:18Z

What I do and try to do

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	* I work full-time to foster open access (OA) to research. I monitor OA, analyze it, advocate it, implement it, consult and strategize about it, and take public positions about it in my speaking and writing. I also ''use'' it as an author and reader.		* I work full-time to foster open access (OA) to research. I monitor OA, analyze it, advocate it, implement it, consult and strategize about it, and take public positions about it in my speaking and writing. I also ''use'' it as an author and reader.
	** I try to say only what I believe can defend. My positions and arguments evolve according to what I learn, and I try to learn from a wide range of sources. I try not to let my positions and arguments shift according to my financial interests. But I realize that if I don't succeed at this, I might not notice.		** I try to say only what I believe and can defend. My positions and arguments evolve according to what I learn, and I try to learn from a wide range of sources. I try not to let my positions and arguments shift according to my financial interests. But I realize that if I don't succeed at this, I might not notice.
	** I don't consider potential conflicts (like salaries or grants) to be good reasons to stop speaking my mind, especially when I've deliberately taken jobs and grants that encourage me to speak my mind about OA. On the contrary, potential conflicts are reasons for disclosure, not silence. Hence, I don't make it a principle to avoid comment on the organizations that employ or fund me, or that employed or funded me in the past. Some of them are major players in areas of my research, writing, speaking, and activism. My goal in this doc is to reveal my ties to help you decide how to weigh my arguments.		** I don't consider potential conflicts (like salaries or grants) to be good reasons to stop speaking my mind, especially when I've deliberately taken jobs and grants that encourage me to speak my mind about OA. On the contrary, potential conflicts are reasons for disclosure, not silence. Hence, I don't make it a principle to avoid comment on the organizations that employ or fund me, or that employed or funded me in the past. Some of them are major players in areas of my research, writing, speaking, and activism. My goal in this doc is to reveal my ties to help you decide how to weigh my arguments.
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WikiSysop: /* What I do and try to do */

2023-05-01T18:13:00Z

What I do and try to do

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	* I work full-time to foster open access (OA) to research. I monitor OA, analyze it, advocate it, implement it, consult and strategize about it, and take public positions about it in my speaking and writing. I also ''use'' it as an author and reader.		* I work full-time to foster open access (OA) to research. I monitor OA, analyze it, advocate it, implement it, consult and strategize about it, and take public positions about it in my speaking and writing. I also ''use'' it as an author and reader.
	** I try to say only what I can defend. My positions and arguments evolve according to what I learn, and I try to learn from ~~as many~~ sources ~~as I can~~. I try not to let my positions and arguments shift according to my financial interests. But I realize that if I don't succeed at this, I might not notice.		** I try to say only what I believe can defend. My positions and arguments evolve according to what I learn, and I try to learn from a wide range of sources. I try not to let my positions and arguments shift according to my financial interests. But I realize that if I don't succeed at this, I might not notice.
	** I don't consider potential conflicts (like salaries or grants) to be good reasons to stop speaking my mind, especially when I've deliberately taken jobs and grants that encourage me to speak my mind about OA. On the contrary, potential conflicts are reasons for disclosure, not silence. Hence, I don't make it a principle to avoid comment on the organizations that employ or fund me, or that employed or funded me in the past. Some of them are major players in areas of my research, writing, speaking, and activism. My goal in this doc is to reveal my ties to help you decide how to weigh my arguments.		** I don't consider potential conflicts (like salaries or grants) to be good reasons to stop speaking my mind, especially when I've deliberately taken jobs and grants that encourage me to speak my mind about OA. On the contrary, potential conflicts are reasons for disclosure, not silence. Hence, I don't make it a principle to avoid comment on the organizations that employ or fund me, or that employed or funded me in the past. Some of them are major players in areas of my research, writing, speaking, and activism. My goal in this doc is to reveal my ties to help you decide how to weigh my arguments.
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WikiSysop: /* What I do and try to do */

2023-05-01T18:10:06Z

What I do and try to do

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	* I work full-time to foster open access (OA) to research. I monitor OA, analyze it, advocate it, implement it, consult and strategize about it, and take public positions about it in my speaking and writing. I also ''use'' it as an author and reader.		* I work full-time to foster open access (OA) to research. I monitor OA, analyze it, advocate it, implement it, consult and strategize about it, and take public positions about it in my speaking and writing. I also ''use'' it as an author and reader.
	** I try to say only what I ~~believe and~~ can defend. My positions and arguments evolve according to what I learn, and I try to learn from as many sources as I can. I try not to let my positions and arguments shift according to my financial interests. But I realize that if I don't succeed at this, I might not notice.		** I try to say only what I can defend. My positions and arguments evolve according to what I learn, and I try to learn from as many sources as I can. I try not to let my positions and arguments shift according to my financial interests. But I realize that if I don't succeed at this, I might not notice.
	** I don't consider potential conflicts (like salaries or grants) to be good reasons to stop speaking my mind, especially when I've deliberately taken jobs and grants that encourage me to speak my mind about OA. On the contrary, potential conflicts are reasons for disclosure, not silence. Hence, I don't make it a principle to avoid comment on the organizations that employ or fund me, or that employed or funded me in the past. Some of them are major players in areas of my research, writing, speaking, and activism. My goal in this doc is to reveal my ties to help you decide how to weigh my arguments.		** I don't consider potential conflicts (like salaries or grants) to be good reasons to stop speaking my mind, especially when I've deliberately taken jobs and grants that encourage me to speak my mind about OA. On the contrary, potential conflicts are reasons for disclosure, not silence. Hence, I don't make it a principle to avoid comment on the organizations that employ or fund me, or that employed or funded me in the past. Some of them are major players in areas of my research, writing, speaking, and activism. My goal in this doc is to reveal my ties to help you decide how to weigh my arguments.
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WikiSysop: /* How I'm paid */

2023-02-26T14:34:22Z

How I'm paid

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	== How I'm paid ==		== How I'm paid ==

	* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library] 2013-2022, and since then have been in [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement]. I currently work half-time as the [https://library.harvard.edu/staff/peter-suber Senior Advisor on Open Access].		* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics.
			** I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library] 2013-2022, and since then have been in [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement]. I currently work half-time as the [https://library.harvard.edu/staff/peter-suber Senior Advisor on Open Access].
	** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.		** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.
	** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.		** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.

WikiSysop: /* How I'm paid */

2023-02-26T14:33:43Z

How I'm paid

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	== How I'm paid ==		== How I'm paid ==

	* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library] 2013-2022, and since then have been in [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement].		* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library] 2013-2022, and since then have been in [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement]. I currently work half-time as the [https://library.harvard.edu/staff/peter-suber Senior Advisor on Open Access].
	** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.		** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.
	** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.		** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.

WikiSysop: /* How I'm paid */

2023-02-26T14:31:55Z

How I'm paid

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	== How I'm paid ==		== How I'm paid ==

	* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. ~~Until 2022~~ I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library]~~. Here are~~ [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time ~~some details] on my~~ phased retirement.		* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library] 2013-2022, and since then have been in [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time phased retirement].
	** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.		** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.
	** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.		** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.

WikiSysop: /* How I'm paid */

2023-02-26T14:30:45Z

How I'm paid

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	== How I'm paid ==		== How I'm paid ==

	* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. Until ~~the end of 2021,~~ I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication]~~, based~~ in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library]. Here are [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time some details] on my ~~job shift in early 2022~~.		* I have a salary from Harvard University to advise on OA and related topics. Until 2022 I ran the [https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/ Office for Scholarly Communication] in [https://library.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library]. Here are [https://cyber.harvard.edu/~psuber/wiki/Shifting_to_half-time some details] on my phased retirement.
	** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.		** I publicly defended some Harvard OA practices before I had any financial support from Harvard. I continued to do so after 2009, when I got a paid fellowship from Harvard, and after 2013 when I took a salaried job at Harvard.
	** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.		** I don't defend all of Harvard's practices in any area, including the area of my work (open access, scholarly communication, digital scholarship, academic publishing, copyright). I feel no pressure to do so and, on the contrary, have the support and encouragement of colleagues to work for change.

WikiSysop: /* Other things I do */

2023-02-26T14:28:25Z

Other things I do

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	** I have never been paid to serve on boards or similar groups. <!-- working groups, task forces, committees, ... -->		** I have never been paid to serve on boards or similar groups. <!-- working groups, task forces, committees, ... -->

	* ~~Sometimes~~ I ~~make~~ decisions, usually with others, on how Harvard should spend its money, for example, on publishers, tool builders, and service providers. ~~This~~ work is covered by my ordinary salary, and I'm never paid by vendors.		* When I directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication (2013-2022), I sometimes I made decisions, usually with others, on how Harvard should spend its money, for example, on publishers, tool builders, and service providers. That work was covered by my ordinary salary and I was never paid by vendors.

	* I am a non-practicing lawyer. The "non-practicing" part means that I don't have clients. Hence I'm never in a position to advocate for a client, and never need to disentangle that kind of private-interest advocacy from my general work, which I consider public-interest advocacy.		* I am a non-practicing lawyer. The "non-practicing" part means that I don't have clients. Hence I'm never in a position to advocate for a client, and never need to disentangle that kind of private-interest advocacy from my general work, which I consider public-interest advocacy.

WikiSysop: /* Paid or unpaid? */

2023-02-26T14:21:12Z

Paid or unpaid?

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	* All my paid work is OA work, but not all my OA work is paid work. Analogy: I support political causes without pay, and sometimes even pay to support them. My support for OA is political in the broadest sense. Sometimes I work for OA without pay, and sometimes even pay to support OA.		* All my paid work is OA work, but not all my OA work is paid work. Analogy: I support political causes without pay, and sometimes even pay to support them. My support for OA is political in the broadest sense. Sometimes I work for OA without pay, and sometimes even pay to support OA.

	* I feel lucky to be paid to support what I'd support without pay, and sometimes even pay to support. For more than two decades I've deliberately looked for grants, fellowships, and paying jobs to make this happen. But if I had to say whether a given phone call, Zoom call, email, blog post, memo, consultation, F2F meeting, public talk, interview, or ~~article~~ was inside or outside the scope of my paid work, I'd often be at a loss. Fortunately, this has never mattered to those who paid me, and I feel lucky about that too.		* I feel lucky to be paid to support what I'd support without pay, and sometimes even pay to support. For more than two decades I've deliberately looked for grants, fellowships, and paying jobs to make this happen. But if I had to say whether a given phone call, Zoom call, email, blog post, memo, consultation, F2F meeting, public talk, interview, article, or research project was inside or outside the scope of my paid work, I'd often be at a loss. Fortunately, this has never mattered to those who paid me, and I feel lucky about that too.

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