[Advisory] Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access Conference on 21/22 March 2017

[Jeffrey Mackie-Mason]

I'll (not so?) humbly note that I'm an economist (29 years economics
professor at U Michigan, just 1 year as university librarian at Berkeley)
and that I'd be happy to address the question Dirk raises (the economics of
APC-based publishing, and the likely *decrease* in market power and hence
prices if there is a wholesale flip).  Indeed, as some of you know, I've
been writing about this in public fora recently (e.g., https://goo.gl/95T417
, https://goo.gl/e9JtSI, https://goo.gl/ssUHbf).

I'd be delighted to get Mark Armstrong or Mark McCabe to attend and speak,
of course.

Jeff


---
Jeff MacKie-Mason
University Librarian
Chief Digital Scholarship Officer
Professor, School of Information and Professor of Economics
UC Berkeley
www.jeff-mason.com

"Your job as a citizen and as a decent human being is to constantly affirm
and lift up and fight for treating people with kindness and respect and
understanding." Barack Obama to daughters Malia and Sasha

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Dirk Pieper <dirk.pieper at uni-bielefeld.de>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> thank you for inviting me to the advisory board! It´s a great honour and
> I´m looking forward to contribute to the conference and to the overall goal
> of OA transformation.
>
> During the last two weeks I spoke together with Kai Geschuhn at the "Munin
> Conference" in Tromso and the "Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Open Access
> Monitoring" in Copenhagen.
>
> What I have learned form the discussions is, that the economic mechanisms
> and consequences of the transition from a subscription based system via
> offsetting to pay-as-you-publish are not clear to the library community.
> Also, countries like e.g. Denmark, the Netherlands or Sweden have national
> goals for reaching a certain share of OA publications in a certain time,
> but from my impression they do not have OA transformation of the journal
> system in particular on their agenda.
>
> I would therefore suggest to invite an economist to the conference, who
> can explain the effects of changing the financing of journal titles through
> subscription fees to financing journal articles through APCs. To me, the
> library community seems to be afraid of ever increasing APCs. If we can
> take away this fear by making clear, that competion on an APC market can
> lead to decreasing prices, we can probably get more acceptance for OA
> transformation. My first suggestion would be to invite Mark Armstrong (
> http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/Academic/mark-armstrong) or Mark J. McCabe (
> https://sites.google.com/site/markjmccabe1/) for such a talk.
>
> My second suggestion is to spell out again the goals of OA transformation
> and to point out, what action is needed to move away from more traditional
> deals (Elsevier/JISC) or the current offsetting deals (e.g. in the
> Netherlands) in order to reach a pay-as-you-publishing model.
>
> Best,
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 30.11.16 19:47 schrieb *"Reckling, Falk" * <Falk.Reckling at fwf.ac.at>:
>
> Dear All,
>
> John Willinsky is always an excellent choice. Another option would be
> Cameron Neylon or somebody from Knowledge Exchange presenting not a
> particular initiative but a more conceptual/visionary approach.
> Best Falk
>
>
> ___________________________________
> Falk Reckling, PhD
> Head of Departments
> Strategy – Policy, Evaluation, Analysis
> Strategy – National Programmes
>
> FWF Austrian Science Fund
> 1090 Vienna, Sensengasse 1, Austria
> T: +43 1 505 67 40 8111
> M: +43 664 530 73 68
> falk.reckling at fwf.ac.at
> CV via ORCID
>
> FWF-Publications
> www.fwf.ac.at | scilog.fwf.ac.at
> @fwf_at | @fwfopenaccess
>
> Von: Ivy Anderson<mailto:Ivy.Anderson at ucop.edu <Ivy.Anderson at ucop.edu>>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. November 2016 18:43
> An: Ralf Schimmer<mailto:Schimmer at mpdl.mpg.de <Schimmer at mpdl.mpg.de>>
> Cc: Reckling, Falk<mailto:Falk.Reckling at fwf.ac.at
> <Falk.Reckling at fwf.ac.at>>; advisory at oa2020.org<mailto:advisory at oa2020.org
> <advisory at oa2020.org>>
> Betreff: Re: AW: Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access Conference on
> 21/22 March 2017
>
> Other projects to consider as possible presenters:
>
> John Willinsky's Cooperative project;  the Electrochemical Society, which
> is hoping to build an endowment for society-funded OA;  and Open Library of
> the Humanities.  I think finding a way to engage societies, through the
> above projects or more directly, would be valuable, although I have no
> specific suggestions for this beyond the ones enumerated above.
>
> Ivy
> Sent from my tiny thumb thingy - please excuse brevity and typos
>
> On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Ralf Schimmer <Schimmer at mpdl.mpg.de<mailto:
> Schimmer at mpdl.mpg.de <Schimmer at mpdl.mpg.de>>> wrote:
> Dear Falk and Ivy,
>
> thank you very much for this first feedback and your suggestions. I just
> want to confirm that such broader approach is already on our mind. That’s
> why we suggest to have 2 sessions on “Concepts of Transformation” so that
> we can accommodate also pathways beyond the big commercial publishers. We
> will get back to this when we discuss potential presenters. If you want to
> suggest names of individuals or initiatives, in addition to whom Falk
> already mentioned, please let us know.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ralf
>
>
> Von: Advisory [mailto:advisory-bounces at oa2020.org]
> <advisory-bounces at oa2020.org]> Im Auftrag von Ivy Anderson
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. November 2016 14:10
> An: Reckling, Falk; advisory at oa2020.org<mailto:advisory at oa2020.org
> <advisory at oa2020.org>>
> Betreff: Re: [Advisory] Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access
> Conference on 21/22 March 2017
>
> Dear Ralf and All,
>
> I would just like to join in support of Falk’s suggestion of a session on
> alternative initiatives – I think it would be good to give voice to these
> efforts as part of the overall transformational framework of OA2020.  I
> assume this is a recommendation for day 2 of the meeting.
>
> I look forward to further discussions –
>
> Best,
>
> Ivy
>
> Ivy Anderson
> Associate Executive Director & Director of Collections
> California Digital Library
> University of California, Office of the President
> Office: (510) 987-0334  |  Cell: (510) 239-9502
> http://cdlib.org<http://cdlib.org/>  |  ivy.anderson at ucop.edu<mailto:
> ivy.anderson at ucop.edu <ivy.anderson at ucop.edu>>
>
> From: Advisory [mailto:advisory-bounces at oa2020.org]
> <advisory-bounces at oa2020.org]> On Behalf Of Reckling, Falk
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:29 AM
> To: advisory at oa2020.org<mailto:advisory at oa2020.org <advisory at oa2020.org>>
> Subject: Re: [Advisory] Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access
> Conference on 21/22 March 2017
>
> Dear All,
> I'm very happy to work with you on that very important initiative.
>
> I find the proposed programme well thought out. But I have one suggestion:
>
> For very good reasons, OA2020 concentrates on OA deals with publishers,
> esp. big publishers.  However, as an outlook, I suggest to reserve a small
> slot for an impulse presentation at the end of the conference for the
> following topic: „How to organise and fund Open Access publication models
> and services beyond big commercial providers“.
> I think, for example, of ideas, reports or initiatives like Squaring
> Circles<http://cameronneylon.net/blog/squaring-circles-the-
> economics-and-governance-of-scholarly-infrastructures/> (Cameron Neylon),
> Putting down roots<http://knowledge-exchange.info/event/oa-dependencies>
> (Knowledge Exchange) or http://openaccessnetwork.org/
>
> Best Falk
>
> ___________________________________
> Falk Reckling, PhD
> Head of Departments
> Strategy – Policy, Evaluation, Analysis
> Strategy – National Programmes
>
> FWF Austrian Science Fund
> 1090 Vienna, Sensengasse 1, Austria
> T: +43 1 505 67 40 8111
> M: +43 664 530 73 68
> falk.reckling at fwf.ac.at<mailto:falk.reckling at fwf.ac.at
> <falk.reckling at fwf.ac.at>>
> CV via ORCID<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-1766>
>
> FWF-Publications<https://zenodo.org/communities/fwf/
> search?page=1&size=20&sort=-publication_date>
> www.fwf.ac.at<http://www.fwf.ac.at/> | scilog.fwf.ac.at<http://
> scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/>
> @fwf_at<https://twitter.com/fwf_at> | @fwfopenaccess<https://
> twitter.com/FWFOpenAccess>
>
>
> <image001.png>
>
>
>
>
> Von: Advisory [mailto:advisory-bounces at oa2020.org]
> <advisory-bounces at oa2020.org]> Im Auftrag von Ralf Schimmer
> Gesendet: Freitag, 25. November 2016 18:47
> An: advisory at oa2020.org<mailto:advisory at oa2020.org <advisory at oa2020.org>>
> Betreff: [Advisory] Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access Conference
> on 21/22 March 2017
>
> Dear members of the B13 Advisory Board,
>
> first of all, we would like to thank everyone of you for your willingness
> to become a member of the Advisory Board of the Berlin 13 Open Access
> Conference. We are convinced that with your support the program of Berlin
> 13 will fulfill everybody’s expectations and the conference will turn out
> to be an informative and constructive exchange.
>
> Attached to this email, please find a text description of B13 plus a draft
> program. At this point in time, we would like to discuss with you only the
> description, the structure and perhaps the time allocation of the
> conference. As we would like to put this up on the conference homepage, we
> would like to receive your feedback by December 7.
>
> We do already have some speakers in mind; but, generally, we would like to
> discuss speakers, moderators and additional details as a next step. For
> this, we will again provide a basis for discussion.
>
> As this advisory board is composed of people from a maximum variation of
> time zones we will try to avoid virtual meetings as much as we can.
> Ideally, we want to base our discussion on emails via this listserv plus
> perhaps a few individual or small group phone calls All in all, we don’t
> want to take too much of your time but still try to be inclusive and
> efficient. In any case, your ideas and suggestions are welcome at any time.
>
> For your first review it may be helpful to have some additional background
> information:
>
> In the context of Berlin 12 the idea was discussed to build up a network
> of national contact points for OA2020, similar to the NCP network of
> SCOAP³. Hereby an inspired network capable of acting shall emerge to
> coordinate, push and promote the necessary next steps for a successful
> transformation to Gold Open Access in the countries concerned. The
> cooperation in the NCP network shall support the regular exchange of
> experience and shall channel and facilitate mutual assistance.
>
> On this basis, our wish for Berlin 13 is the further strengthening of such
> a network integrating interested colleagues from as many countries as
> possible. We are aware that in most of the countries further steps are to
> be taken to obtain a somewhat ‘official’ mandate as NCP by the national
> science system. Especially for this reason we consider a close cooperation
> among the proponents and supporters of our emerging NCP network to be
> helpful and necessary.
>
> Berlin 13 offers a good opportunity for those who are interested in
> supporting OA2020 and volunteering as NCPs to get to know each other better
> and to improve the trust-based relationship. In order to give this the room
> it requires, we propose the first day of the conference to be restricted to
> the intended audience and to conclude the day with a joint dinner (plus
> perhaps a small social activity).
>
> The second day, on the other hand, will be organized as an open forum for
> everyone who is interested in OA2020, including e.g. non-science
> organizations, political representatives and publishers. The program for
> this day will begin with a status report on OA2020. Then various concepts
> of transformation will be presented and discussed, statements of
> representatives from several countries and organizations shall round up the
> program.
>
> At the end of day two, we plan to have a closed wrap-up session for one
> hour with a small working party of NCPs, which we hope to establish on day
> one. This working party could be the starting point of a broader governance
> structure that could emerge over time.
>
>
> Again, we are grateful for your support in preparing Berlin 13, and we
> look forward to your feedback on our program ideas.
>
> With best regards,
> Ralf Schimmer
>
> P.S.: I also re-circulate the member list of this Advisory Board – with
> Falk Reckling and Georg Botz as additional entries.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Advisory mailing list
> Advisory at oa2020.org
> https://listsrv.mpdl.mpg.de/mailman/listinfo/advisory
>
> --
> Dirk Pieper
> Bielefeld UL - Deputy Director
>
> www.uni-bielefeld.de
> base-search.net
> _______________________________________________
> Advisory mailing list
> Advisory at oa2020.org
> https://listsrv.mpdl.mpg.de/mailman/listinfo/advisory
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://listsrv.mpdl.mpg.de/pipermail/advisory/attachments/20161202/2683bb82/attachment-0001.html>