The Twelve Step OA Program, or, How I Learned to Give Up My Addiction to Commercial Publishing and Support Open Access

Brought to you by the Dean and Faculty of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library




October 22, 2013

In Celebration of International Open Access Week

Presentation prepared by Carol Hixson







1. We admitted that we were powerless over publishers –and that our research publications had become unmanageable




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







2. Came to believe that Open Access could restore us to sanity





Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







3. Made a decision to turn our scholarship over to the principles of Open Access




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of our  research production




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







5. Admitted to our library, ourselves, and another colleague the exact nature of our intellectual property wrongs




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







6. Were entirely ready to have Open Access remove all these defects of intellectual property weakness




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







7. Humbly asked our colleagues to make our research widely available




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







8. Made a list of all readers, colleagues and co-authors we had failed to support and became willing to help them achieve wider distribution of and Open Access to their research




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







9. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible by helping to get the word out about their research, except when to do so would violate copyright




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we slipped up and were tempted to sign a publisher’s agreement without thinking, promptly admitted it




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







11. Sought, through careful reading of agreements and negotiation with publishers, to improve our commitment to Open Access




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic







12. Having had an intellectual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other academics, and to apply the principles of Open Access in all our publishing efforts 




Recovering USFSP Academic




Recovering USFSP Academic









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