In part David, yes---thank you. But I’m also referring to:

 

*       Knoth and Pontika’s Open Science Taxonomy 
(https://figshare.com/articles/Open_Science_Taxonomy/1508606/3
*       Fecher and Friesike’s categories of concern regarding open 
(http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2272036)
*       Moore’s boundary object observations (http://doi.org/10.4000/rfsic.3220)
*       Willen’s intersecting movements critique 
(https://rmwblogg.wordpress.com/2020/02/29/justice-oriented-science-open-science-and-replicable-science-are-overlapping-but-they-are-not-the-same/)
*       Bosman & Kramer’s  diversity of definitions assessment 
(https://im2punt0.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/defining-open-science-definitions/)
*       OSI’s DARTS open spectrum 
(https://journals.gmu.edu/index.php/osi/article/view/1375/1178)
*       Tkacz’s 2012 essay on the connections between the modern open science 
movement and Karl Popper’s open society theories 
(http://www.ephemerajournal.org/sites/default/files/12-4tkacz_0.pdf)
*       And more. 

 

Best,

 

Glenn

 

 

Glenn Hampson
Executive Director
Science Communication Institute (SCI)
Program Director
Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI)



 

 

 

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To: Kathleen Shearer <[email protected]>
Cc: Glenn Hampson <[email protected]>; Rob Johnson 
<[email protected]>; Heather Morrison 
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Subject: Re: [SCHOLCOMM] Knowledge and Equity: analysis of three models

 

Glenn is drawing upon lengthy discussions of the problem of multiple 
definitions that we have had at OSI. Looking back I find that I first wrote 
about this issue seven years ago:

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/11/11/open-access-on-the-sea-of-confusion/

 

It might be better to call them concepts or models than definitions, but it 
remains that different people are calling for or allowing very different things 
as being open access. At one extreme we have, for example, the US Public Access 
Program, which is basically read only with a 12 month embargo for subscription 
articles. At another extreme we find born open with no restrictions on use. In 
between there are at least a dozen variations, many more if one counts small 
differences, like the CC BY variants.

 

This wide ranging multiplicity of incompatible definitions is a very real 
obstacle to public policy.

 

On a more distant topic, profit is a public good if it provides a public 
service. Food, for example.

 

David Wojick

Inside Public Access


On Jun 26, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Kathleen Shearer <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:



Glenn, all,

 

I don’t think there really is a large variation in current definitions of open; 
but there are some stakeholders who want to slow progress, and use this as an 
excuse :-(

 

The issue of diversity is an important one, although not in the way that it is 
expressed by Glenn, (which is diversity in stakeholders goals - profit vs 
public good), but diversity of needs, capacities, priorities, languages, 
formats in different fields and countries. And these diverse requirements 
cannot be supported effectively by any one large centralized infrastructure, 
which will tend to cater to the most well resourced users (or the majority).

 

While there are some international infrastructures that are appropriate, the 
“global commons” should also be composed of many localized infrastructures and 
services that are governed by, and can respond to, the needs of those local 
communities; and then we must figure out how these infrastructures can be 
interoperable through adoption of common standards that will allow us to share 
and communicate at the global level.

 

This requires finding a delicate balance, a balance that possibly the UNESCO 
discussions can help to progress.

 

As a UNESCO Open Science Partner, COAR brings this perspective to the table (as 
I’m sure some others will too).

 

All the best, Kathleen

 

 

Kathleen Shearer

Executive Director

Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)

www.coar-repositories.org <http://www.coar-repositories.org> 

 

 





On Jun 26, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Glenn Hampson <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

 

Hi Heather, Anis, Rob,

 

It’s also important to note the emerging UNESCO model, which will be presented 
to the UN General Assembly for consideration in late 2021. I suspect (and hope) 
this model will be more “polycentric” and “adaptive” than any of the current 
plans.

 

As you know, many organizations have had an opportunity to submit comments on 
UNESCO’s plan; indeed, global consultations are still ongoing. OSI’s 
recommendations are listed here: https://bit.ly/2CL4Nm7. The executive summary 
is this: “Open” is a very diverse space. Not only do our definitions of open 
differ greatly, so too do our perceptions of the etymology of open (whether we 
use BOAI as the starting point or just one point among many). Also, critically, 
our open goals and motives differ greatly in this community; open progress and 
approaches vary by field of study; and different approaches have different 
focus points, principles, incentives, and financial considerations. In short, 
our challenge of creating a more open future for research defies one-size-fits 
all description, and it certainly defies one-size fits-all solution. 

 

Recognizing and respecting this diversity, OSI’s recommendations, which are 
based on five years of global consultations in collaboration with UNESCO, are 
that a just and workable global plan for the future of open must do the 
following:

 

*       DISCOVER critical missing pieces of the open scholarship puzzle so we 
can design our open reforms more effectively;
*       DESIGN, build and deploy an array of much needed open infrastructure 
tools to help accelerate the spread and adoption of open scholarship practices;
*       WORK TOGETHER on finding common ground perspective solutions that 
address key issues and concerns (see OSI’s Common Ground policy paper for more 
detail); and
*       REDOUBLE OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS to educate and listen to the research 
community about open solutions, and in doing so design solutions that better 
meet the needs of research.

 

In pursuing these actions, the international community should:

 

*       Work and contribute together (everyone, including publishers); 
*       Work on all pieces of the puzzle so we can clear a path for open to 
succeed; 
*       Discover missing pieces of information to ensure our efforts are 
evidence-based; 
*       Embrace diversity. No one group has a perfect understanding of the 
needs and challenges in this space, and different groups have different needs 
and challenges. 
*       Develop big picture agreement on the goals ahead and common ground 
approaches to meet these goals; and
*       Help build UNESCO’s global open roadmap.

 

Best regards,

 

Glenn

 

 

Glenn Hampson
Executive Director
 <x-msg://9/sci.institute> Science Communication Institute (SCI)
Program Director
 <x-msg://9/osiglobal.org> Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI)

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From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On 
Behalf Of Rob Johnson
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 11:42 PM
To: Heather Morrison <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> >; [email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> ; Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) 
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; [email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> 
Cc: Anis Rahman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: RE: [SCHOLCOMM] Knowledge and Equity: analysis of three models

 

Dear Heather (and Anis),

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve also found Ostrom’s work on the commons helpful 
in assessing some of the emerging issues in this area, and you might be 
interested to read an article I wrote on Plan S and the commons, which also 
references Ostrom’s principles. I reached very similar conclusions to you, 
arguing that there would be a need for ‘polycentricity’ and ‘adaptative 
governance’ for the Plan to succeed – echoing your observations on the value of 
collective choice, adaptation to local conditions and ‘nested enterprises’.

 

Johnson, Rob. 2019. “From Coalition to Commons: Plan S and the Future of 
Scholarly Communication”. Insights 32 (1): 5. DOI:  
<http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.453> http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.453

 

Best wishes,

 

Rob

 

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Director

 

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Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] Knowledge and Equity: analysis of three models

 

Abstract:

The context of this paper is an analysis of three emerging models for 
developing a global knowledge commons. The concept of a ‘global knowledge 
commons’ builds on the vision of the original Budapest Open Access Initiative 
(2002) for the potential of combining academic tradition and the internet to 
remove various access barriers to the scholarly literature, thus laying the 
foundation for an unprecedented public good, uniting humanity in a common quest 
for knowledge. The global knowledge commons is a universal sharing of the 
knowledge of humankind, free for all to access (recognizing reasons for 
limiting sharing in some circumstances such as to protect individual privacy), 
and free for everyone qualified to contribute to. The three models are Plan S / 
cOAlition S, an EU-led initiative to transition all of scholarly publishing to 
an open access model on a short timeline; the Global Sustainability Coalition 
for Open Science Services (SCOSS), a recent initiative that builds on Ostrom’s 
study of the commons; and PubMedCentral (PMC) International, building on the 
preservation and access to the medical research literature provided by the U.S. 
National Institutes of Health to support other national repositories of funded 
research and exchange of materials between regions. The research will involve 
analysis of official policy and background briefing documents on the three 
initiatives and relevant historical projects, such as the Research Council 
U.K.’s block grants for article processing charges, the EU-led OA2020 
initiative, Europe PMC and the short-lived PMC-Canada. Theoretical analysis 
will draw on Ostrom’s work on the commons, theories of development, 
under-development, epistemic / knowledge inequity and the concepts of Chan and 
colleagues (2011) on the importance of moving beyond north-to-south access to 
knowledge (charity model) to include south-to-south and south-to-north (equity 
model). This model analysis contributes to build a comparative view of 
transcontinental efforts for a global knowledge commons building with shared 
values of open access, sharing and collaboration, in contrast to the growing 
trend of commodification of scholarly knowledge evident in both traditional 
subscriptions / purchase-based scholarly publishing and in commercial open 
access publishing. We anticipate that our findings will indicate that a digital 
world of inclusiveness and reciprocity is possible, but cannot be taken for 
granted, and policy support is crucial. Global communication and information 
policy have much to contribute towards the development of a sustainable global 
knowledge commons.

Full text:  <https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/40664> 
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/40664

Cite as: Morrison, H. & Rahman, R. (2020). Knowledge and equity: analysis of 
three models. International Association of Communication and Media Researchers 
(IAMCR) annual conference, July 2020.

Comments are welcome, either on list or on the blog:

 
<https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2020/06/26/knowledge-and-equity-analysis-of-three-models/>
 
https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2020/06/26/knowledge-and-equity-analysis-of-three-models/

 

best,

 

Dr. Heather Morrison

Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa

Cross-appointed, Department of Communication

Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa

Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight 
Project

sustainingknowledgecommons.org <http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/> 

[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 

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[On research sabbatical July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020]

 

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