Bringing Open Access into Interlibrary Loan with the Open Access Button

Abstract

Book chapter from Applying Library Values to Emerging Technology: Decision-Making in the Age of Open Access, Maker Spaces, and the Ever-Changing Library; edited by Peter D. Fernandez and Kelly Tilton; published by ACRL on 22 February 2018. Abstract: #icanhazpdf and Sci-Hub have become notorious examples of independent initiatives to connect researchers, students, and the public to research (Bohannon 2016, Gardner and Garden 2015, Waddel 2016). Both initiatives have been criticized for their unlawful methods, but also lauded as necessary civil disobedience (Brembs 2016, Gardner and Gardner 2015). However, both #icanhazpdf and Sci-Hub are temporary, band-aid solutions to accessing research behind paywalls. In contrast, the Open Access Button, a grassroots advocacy and technology project, focuses on providing legal and permanent access to research. This chapter discusses the need for legal initiatives and permanent solutions to accessing paywalled research, and how the Open Access Button can be integrated with interlibrary loan to help potentially reduce interlibrary loan costs.

Assessing Open Science practices in physical activity behaviour change intervention evaluations

“…Article characteristics recorded were: (i) author name, (ii) publication year and (iii) country of the corresponding author. Open Science practices were assessed by recording presence of the following in included reports: (i) Pre-registration: whether pre-registration was reported as carried out, where the pre-registration was hosted (eg, Open Science Framework, ClinicalTrials.gov), whether it could be accessed, what aspects of the study (hypotheses, methods and analysis plans) were pre-registered and whether the pre-registration was logged prospectively (prior to data collection commencing) or retrospectively (after data collection had commenced) 30 ; (ii) Protocol sharing: whether a protocol was reported as published and what aspects of the study (hypotheses, methods and analysis plans) were included in the protocol; (iii) Data sharing : whether data were reported as available, where it was available (eg, online repository such as Open Science Framework, on request from authors, as a journal supplementary file), whether the data were downloadable and accessible, whether data files were clearly documented and the extent that data reported were sufficient to allow replication of study findings; (iv) Materials sharing: whether study materials were reported as available, where they were available (eg, online repository such as Open Science Framework, on request from authors, as a journal supplementary file) and whether the materials were downloadable and accessible; (v) Analysis script-sharing: whether analysis scripts were reported as available, where they were available (eg, online repository such as Open Science Framework, on request from authors, as a journal supplementary file) and whether the analysis scripts were downloadable and accessible; (vi) Replication of a previous study: whether the study was described as being a replication attempt of a previous study; (vii) Open access publication: whether the study was published as open access, assessed via the open access button website 31 which harvests deposited publication from 1000s of academic institutions 32 ; (viii) Funding sources: whether funding sources were declared and if research was funded by public organisations (such as research councils or charities), pharmaceutical, activity-related or other companies; and (ix) Conflicts of interest: whether conflicts of interest were declared and whether conflicts were with public organisations (such as research councils or charities), pharmaceutical, activity-related or other companies. The journal impact factor of identified papers was intentionally not assessed to evaluate papers, due to well-documented issues with manipulation and inflation of these figures.…”

Access, organize and communicate: the strategic use of browser plugins in libraries

“…The moment an article is unavailable under the library subscription, the plugin automatically searches for OA and thereafter redirects users to obtain the article by placing an interlibrary loan request. The integration of the OA button to bring OA resources into the workflow of ILL has been proposed by Bowley (2018). The ILLiad plugin uses RapidILL authentication to automatically redirect users to the RapidILL system minimizing the time between request placement and delivery of the material.…”