Last March, Chris chaired a discussion at the Bodleian Libraries as part of the University of Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS). The event allowed leading experts in the fields of copyright scholarship, librarianship and publishing to debate the role copyright law reform might play in advancing open access publishing.
The recording of the debate is still available to view and well worth a watch.
One of the panel members in that debate was Professor John Willinsky (Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, Public Knowledge Project) who presented on Achieving Sustainable Universal Open Access through Copyright Reform.
As he wrote to Chris recently, “One thing I learned from my “copyright reform campaign” last year … is that any strategy for change needs to be grounded in an understanding of librarians’ positions on copyright. To that end, Stephanie Savage and I have developed a a very brief 7-item survey to help see where librarians stand. ”
He would now like to invite you to participate in the survey on Copyright and Open Access to Research: An International Survey of Academic Librarians.
This study is looking for participants who are currently working as academic librarians in post-secondary institutions on an international scale. Participants do not need to have expertise in copyright or scholarly publishing to contribute.
Participants are asked to complete an online survey that is expected to take no more than 15 minutes. The survey closes on April 30, 2024.
The survey includes 7 items and seeks to determine attitudes about copyright reform, including who can advocate for reform and what types of reforms are supported. You will be asked to consent to participating in the study before beginning the survey. Please note that upon consenting to participate, all further survey responses will be recorded and considered in the research analysis, even in cases where the participant does not complete the survey.
Personal contact or identifying information will not be collected.
If you choose to participate in this study, please click on the approproate link below to access the online survey:
English Version: https://bit.ly/3Str9Nq
French Version: https://bit.ly/3Hvs21s
The Co-investigators of this study are Stephanie Savage, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian, University of British Columbia, and John Willinsky, Khosla Family Professor, Emeritus, Stanford University. If you have questions about this study you may contact them at stephanie.savage@ubc.ca or willinsk@stanford.edu.
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