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February 25, 2019 at 10:30 pm #74414Matthew K. Gold (he/him)Participant
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Subject: [MLA Commons] CFP for MLA 2020: Scholarly Communication: Voices…
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:*Roundtable on Open Access and Scholarly Communication: Voices from the
Global South *Policies and initiatives intended to achieve a fair, open and sustainable
scholarly publishing system continue to proliferate among publishers,
funding agencies, and research institutions. Often missing from these
conversations, however, are voices of the intended beneficiaries of these
changes: researchers from the global South, with the result that many
proposed models simply change the barriers to access rather than remove it
entirely. For example, some open access models flip the subscription model
of scholarly publishing to one that provides free access to readers paid
for by article-processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their
institutions. This switch creates new barriers for authors from low-income
countries or institutions cannot afford to pay the APC fees.*We seek scholars and practitioners with experience from various regions
across the world to share their insights in a roundtable exploring current
practices of scholarly publishing, their experience regarding issues of
access, and their feedback on proposed OA funding models. Participants will
share regional practices and models and their vision for how a global, open
access future might work. **The organizers seek participants who will be attending the MLA conference
in person, but also recognize that time and costs present barriers to
participation. For invited panel participants who are unable to attend in
person, the organizers will work with you to arrange to present remotely. *This roundtable is intended to be scholar-led, based in the experiences and
practices of scholars, rather than a platform to promote publisher-driven
solutions. We hope that this small sampling of researchers’ perspectives
can add additional nuance to the complex problem of global scholarly
communication.*Panelists will each speak for 5-10 minutes, depending on the size of the
panel, followed by a larger discussion. **Please send an abstract of 250 words and a short CV to
brianrosenblum@ku.edu <brianrosenblum@ku.edu> by March 22, 2019.*Talking points might include, but are certainly not limited to, the
following:– what might a fully open access, global publishing environment look
like?
– description of regional open access practices and initiatives;
– impact of “predatory” journals and the rhetoric surrounding them on
authors and publishers in the Global South;
– global search and discovery methods for research conducted in the
Global South;
– research evaluation and promotion criteria in various regions;
– issues related to publishing in English vs research conducted and
published in local language;
– access to research as a human right. -
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