Open Access in Theory and Practice

Abstract

Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as well as data collected in detailed interviews with practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, the book discusses what constitutes "theory", and how the role of theory is perceived by both theorists and practitioners. Exploring the ways theory and practice have interacted in the development of OA, the authors discuss what this reveals about the nature of the OA phenomenon itself and the theory-practice relationship. Open Access in Theory and Practice contributes to a better understanding of OA and, as such, should be of great interest to academics, researchers, and students working in the fields of information science, publishing studies, science communication, higher education policy, business, and economics. The book also makes an important contribution to the debate of the relationship between theory and practice in information science, and more widely across different fields of the social sciences and humanities.

Digital Literacy of Open Access Services to Support Online Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic

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“…Some of the links or sites shared by the presenters above are Open access which makes it easier for writers or readers to easily access academic references from previous researchers freely. As revealed by Suber (Pinfield, 2020) said that open access is a container of academic content that is freely available and open to all users in digital, online, free, and free from license restrictions. Pinfiled (2021) broadly describes open access (OA) as a method that allows users to read, copy, distribute, print, • Please install the desktop Mendeley master that you have downloaded.…”

Ciencia abierta: un modelo con piezas por encajar

“…En estos momentos el acceso abierto es una tendencia mayoritaria e irreversible (Pinfield, 2015(Pinfield, y 2021 que ha sido apoyada, fundamentalmente, por la mayoría de los programas de financiación de la investigación en Europa y en todo el mundo. Después de unos años de crecimiento lento pero sostenido, en estos momentos son tres los aspectos relevantes que están sobre la mesa: cómo acelerar el cambio, cómo hacer seguimiento de su progreso y cómo asegurar la sostenibilidad económica.…”

“The dearest of our possessions”: Applying Floridi's information privacy concept in models of information behavior and information literacy

“…In terms of Reynolds' (1971) typology of theory, models of information behavior and information literacy would, depending on their formulation be classed as Type 2 (an interrelated set of definitions, axioms, and propositions) or Type 3 (descriptions of causal processes) (Case & Given, 2016, p. 185;Pinfield, Wakeling, Bawden, & Robinson, 2020). Such models have been formulated from conceptual analysis, from analysis of secondary data, and from empirical data collection.…”