Hi all, Excellent...and timely discussion. I spent last week in Dallas at the Literacy Researcher's Association conference in Dallas, TX. Before the conference I received a message from one of the biggest names in literacy research asking me about materials that I recently uploaded to Academia.edu. She noticed that I uploaded some pieces that she wanted citations for...and wanted some guidance on whether or not it was appropriate to upload some of her work. Specifically, I noticed that some of my colleagues were uploading proofs of high-quality journals in the field. I did not upload my copies from the journal...instead I uploaded earlier drafts, or the latest draft I submitted for publication. Needless to say, I forwarded this conversation to her and this has all been very enlightening. During the conference we had many discussions about publishing, and sharing materials openly online. I serve as e-editor for the organization and as a result have been trying (with others) to coax the organization into publishing more openly (and freely available) online. In planning and committee meetings throughout the week I heard from many doc students, and junior scholars in the field that are fearful to openly publish, share, or blog online in the event that this will negatively affect their chances for publishing, or tenure later in their careers. My advice to my peers in the field is that they should be openly blogging and sharing materials about their work. They should also work as openly online as possible, finding opportunities to use (and cite) materials in open journals...and submit/publish materials in open journals. Finally, as an organization, I've been urging peers (and their students) to help collaboratively edit and construct a Google Site we're using to save, index and archive openly available materials. The Digital Texts and Tools<https://sites.google.com/site/textsandtools/>repository is designed for literacy scholars and educators who want to share literacy, education, and technology resources. If you're interested in editing access...please send me an email. Once again, I appreciate the conversation on this topic. It has been terribly fascinating, and timely for me. This recent confluence of ideas and issues couldn't have come at a better time. I would like to see a movement toward open and available resources online. I'd also like us to be cognizant of individuals at all levels in the various disciplines and how it affects us as we're currently stuck within two different models. Thanks again, -Ian _________________________ W. Ian O'Byrne, Ph.D. wiobyrne.com University of New Haven Department of Education *"Feet on the Ground and Eyes to the Sky"* 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516 (203) 479-4272 On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Matt Crain <mattcrain1@gmail.com> wrote:

This is a great discussion. I’d like to echo Daren’s comments and add Surveillance Studies< http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/surveillance-and-society/about/edito...

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to the list of high quality open access journals.

Tenured faculty support of open access seems to be critical moving forward. I might argue that “support” is not enough and that tenured faculty should begin to think seriously about alternative models to Big Publishing and consider completely withdrawing their labor, expertise, and credibility from a system that clearly undermines non-profit academic institutions through exploitative labor practices. Yes, exploitative. With the ongoing rise of contingent faculty, it the model whereby academic publishing labor is “built in” to faculty salaries is disappearing. I’m not tenured, but I suspect that this has been ongoing for some time. With all due respect, if there are any arguments for why tenured faculty should continue to edit, review, and publish in the commercial conglomerate press system, I would like to hear them.

Matt

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