Open Access in Latin America/Chats with SPARC members

on February 27th - Nick Shockey

• Director of the Right To Research Coalition
• A dual strategy:
  • Education: To educate the next generation of scholars and researchers about Open Access so open publishing becomes the new norm.
    • as the long term mechanism for change
    • easy materials
      • until now, SPARC has built the materials. That is changing, since some folks are developing their own material. (eg. Medical student organization)
      • ex.: guide on OA advocacy for students
    • spur member driven creation of material
    • provoke cross collaboration – in Budapest
      • next meeting of Right to Research Coalition in August – in Budapest
    • on demand help
  • Advocacy: To advocate for policies at the campus and national level that promote Open Access by requiring that research results be made freely available in a timely manner;
    • Short term change
    • Get students involved
    • Institutional campaign – 12 campuses (US, Europe and Africa) > after identifying students that are motivated > in general with students that were met in international conferences
• ARL > SPARC > R2RC
  • SPARC – focus on librarians > education outreach + advocacy
    • SPACR with > strong focus on open data and OER moving forward
  • Right to Research Coalition – focus on students as a “second” catalyst group > new focus on OER
• Entering any new region
  • Reach out to student organizations
  • Get invited to conferences
  • Build personal relationships
• TO DO:
  • Find student organizations in Brazil, what are the sister organizations – provide contacts, is there funding to bring more people? Identify conferences Nick could attend/speak
  • Translate documents that are not nation specific >
    • Open Publishing Guide - http://www.righttoresearch.org/bm~doc/r2rc_open_publishing_guide.pdf
    • Open Access Flyer - http://www.righttoresearch.org/bm~doc/open-access-flyer.pdf

on February 27 - Alma Swan

- Talked about her impressions regarding Brazil - Recommended and introduced Carol to Paola De Castro (http://www.necobelac.eu) - Recommended and introduced Carol to Eloy

on March 1st - Paola de Castro

- Explained http://www.necobelac.eu/ -