In recent months, the open access community has called for greater consistency in licensing and attribution practices for academic research. As scholarly publishing experts discussed in recent OASPA webinars on licensing and attribution, are well placed to lead the way in standardising attribution and open licensing practices. OASPA provides here a basic guide to practices… Read full article >
Insights from OASPA’s Twitter Chat on Attribution
On July 12, 2016, OASPA hosted a Twitter chat with Cameron Neylon (Curtin University) Michael Carroll (American University), Ernesto Priego (City University London) and Catriona MacCallum (PLOS) on attribution. The open access community and members of the public were invited to ask the panel any questions they had on the topic, and what followed was… Read full article >
OASPA to host Twitter Chat on Attribution
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, OASPA will host a live Twitter chat about attribution with Cameron Neylon (Curtin University) Michael Carroll (American University), Ernesto Priego (City University London) and Catriona MacCallum (PLOS) from 3pm-4pm BST (7am PDT, 10am EDT, 11am BRT, 3pm WAT, 4pm CEST/EET/SAST, 7.30pm IST,11pm KST, 12am + 1 day AEST). Please join us… Read full article >
Panelists Discuss Attribution In OASPA Webinar
Cameron Neylon (Curtin University) Michael Carroll (American University), and Ernesto Priego (City University London) recently joined OASPA for a webinar to discuss attribution in open access publishing — an important, timely issue for that goes hand-in-hand with licensing. Catriona MacCallum (PLOS) chaired the discussion. The Copyright Clearance Center hosted the webinar. Leyla Williams, Events and… Read full article >
Invitation to OASPA members to shape use cases for attribution and re-use
Providing appropriate and accurate attribution for works that inform and inspire scholarship is core to Open Access. And, as the prevalence of particularly Creative Commons licenses grows, have a valuable role to play in supporting our authors and readers in effectively navigating the complexities of whom to attribute, when, and how. OASPA has therefore introduced… Read full article >