Report from the Embargo Workgroup

Glenorchy Campbell; Gregg Gordon; Laura Helmuth; Danny Kingsley; Eric Massant; Audrey McCulloch; Gail McMillan; Tony Peatfield; Ann Riley; Will Schweitzer; Keith Webster

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Report from the Embargo Workgroup

Glenorchy Campbell, Gregg Gordon, Laura Helmuth, Danny Kingsley, Eric Massant, Audrey McCulloch, Gail McMillan, Tony Peatfield, Ann Riley, Will Schweitzer, …

Open Scholarship Initiative Proceedings, Vol.1, pp.1-8

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13021/G8S014

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The Embargo Working Group began by defining “embargo,” encapsulating it into four main types and then focusing on the post-publication and subscription embargoes. Among other things, we discussed the dispersed nature of usage metrics and their possible impact on the duration of embargoes. This, in part, led us to recognize the lack of an evidence on which to base decisions surrounding the need for embargoes and their duration. Therefore, we focused on what it would take to address the key issue: ‘What are the impacts of embargoes on scholarly communication?’ We concluded by considering how to fund a global survey of key stakeholders and what data the survey should collect in order to provide data about the issues surrounding embargoes.

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Title: Report from the Embargo Workgroup
Authors: Glenorchy Campbell (Author) - British Medical Journal North America
Gregg Gordon (Author) - Social Science Research Network
Laura Helmuth (Author) - National Association of Science Writers
Danny Kingsley (Author) - University of Cambridge
Eric Massant (Author) - RELX Group
Audrey McCulloch (Author) - Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Gail McMillan (Author) - Virginia Tech
Tony Peatfield (Author) - Research Councils UK
Ann Riley (Author) - Association of College and Research Libraries
Will Schweitzer (Author) - American Association For The Advancement of Science
Keith Webster (Author) - Carnegie Mellon University
Publication details: Open Scholarship Initiative Proceedings, Vol.1, pp.1-8
Publisher: Mason Publishing
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.13021/G8S014
ISSN: 2473-6236
Copyright note: © 2016 OSI2016 Embargo workgroup. This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This document reflects the combined input of the authors listed here (in alphabetical order by last name) as well as contributions from other OSI2016 delegates. The findings and recommendations expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the individual authors listed here, nor their agencies, trustees, officers, or staff.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Library Services
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99659198402621
Output Type: Journal article

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