25.10.2013

Open Access Week – Iceland

• Harald Schaller (hjs11@hi.is)– Ph.D. student in Geography, Háskóli Íslands– MS in Environment and Natural Resources, Háskóli Íslands– Dipl. Wirtschaftsingenieur (FH), Hof University of Applied Sciences

• Chairman of Arkímedes– Arkímedes is the association for Ph.D. student and Post-Doc at the

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Háskóli Íslands– Arkímedes has about 180 members – almost half of which are foreign– Currently the only active Ph.D. student and Post-Doc representation

active, besides the umbrella organization FEDON– http://nemendafelog.hi.is/arkimedes

25.10.2013

OA from the Student Perspective

• Current situation:– Barrier to access articles– Requirements from grants/scholarships– Costs to publish to fulfil requirements– Requirements from supervisors– Who does all the work?– Who gains from publication?

• Problems: “Easy fix” – Evasion of barriers– Limited finances for open access in

high impact journals– Google search and file sharing– Support from a “friend of a friend” with access

PHD Comics: http://youtu.be/L5rVH1KGBCY

PHD Comics: http://youtu.be/L5rVH1KGBCY

25.10.2013

OA from the Student Perspective

• Desired situation– Free access to articles– Free distribution of own results– Abolishment of requirements for

high-profile paper• However:

– “Jungle” of journals and ways for publishing– Limited funding for research – and less for publication– Some students have no funding for their research in first place– Evaluation of supervisors based on publication – indirect rewards

• Open access is new– Driven by the need to publish for studies and financial support,– students are open to this change, but the general framework has to fit

PHD Comics: http://youtu.be/L5rVH1KGBCY