Open Access

Campus Open Access Policies: The Harvard Experience and How to Get There
From the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), and the Association of College & Research Libraries
Four videos filmed at the SPARC-ACRL Forum at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2008. They addressed Harvard University's open access policy and its broader implications. The speakers were John Ober (California Digital Library), Stuart Shieber (Harvard University), Kevin Smith (Duke University), and Catherine Candee (University of California).

Open Access Day 2008 Address 1
From Open Access Day
A discussion of the significance of open access and its impact on research and scholarship. The speaker, Sir Richard Roberts, was a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993 for discovering split genes and RNA splicing.

Open Access Day 2008 Address 2
From Open Access Day
A discussion of the significance of open access and its impact on research and scholarship. The speaker, Philip Bourne, is a professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego.

Open Access: The New World of Research Communication
From the University of Ottawa Library and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries
A seminar in which three speakers addressed the reasons for promoting open access, discussed issues and challenges encountered, and described projects for efficient information dissemination. The moderator was Kathleen Shearer (Canadian Association of Research Libraries), and the speakers were Stephen Choi (Open Medicine), Christian Sylvain (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and Michael Geist (University of Ottawa).

Open Science: Good For Research, Good For Researchers?
From Columbia University Libraries
A panel discussion about what open science is and what benefits it brings. The panelists were Jean-Claude Bradley (Drexel University), Barry Canton (Gingko BioWorks), and Bora Zivkovic (Public Library of Science).

UMich's March Open Access Week: Lessons and Ideas
From SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
A Webcast in which Molly Kleinman shares her thoughts and experience of organizing the Open Access Week at the University of Michigan in March 2009. Molly Kleinman is Copyright Specialist and Special Projects Librarian at the University of Michigan Library.

Voices of Open Access
From Open Access Videos
Six videos that show why people in different professions support open access.

What Can Universities Do to Promote Open Access?
From the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
A presentation by Peter Suber on how higher education institutions can promote open access.

What Is Open Access?
From the University of Houston Libraries
A presentation by Peter Suber on the significance of open access and how it contributes to the advancement of scholarship. The presentation slides are also available online.

What Is Open Access, Anyhow?
From UC Berkeley Library
A presentation by Richard Luce, Vice-Provost and Director of Libraries at Emory University, on the progress of the open access movement and the significance of the SCOAP3 project.

What Is the Future of Open Access?
From the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
A presentation on the trends and developments of open access by Peter Suber.

For other videos on open access, check out the Open Access Directory's video page.

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