This is the last segment of this three part interview with Jason Baird Jackson about anthropology and open access. See Part 1 here, and Part 2, here.
Ryan Anderson: I
think this last point you make about the direct role that faculty and
graduate students play in all this is really important. We all have
choices, and ultimately the publishing and communication system is what
we make of it. So, as a last question for you, what advice do you have
for people who are interested in these issues but unsure where to start
looking for others who share similar concerns, values, and commitments?
Jason Baird Jackson:
The open access community is by its very nature, open. In North
American and European contexts, finding folks eager to help students and
established scholars negotiate these questions is pretty easy. If one
is at a university with a research- oriented library, there will be one
or more librarians specializing in these issues. Such librarians often
lead workshops on such topics as “author’s rights,” “copyright issues
for scholars,” and “open access.” Librarians have a strong service ethic
and are usually very eager to help scholars get their bearings on these
topics. They are SO eager to find faculty allies on these questions. If
you give them a moment, they will also passionately explain why OA
matters so much to the future of the library and its public service
mission...
Read the rest on Savage Minds.
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