In the Dark

I know it’s New Year’s Day but I am going to start 2024 the way I mean to continue it, i.e. by banging on about Diamond Open Access. In that vein I am delighted to share a link to a discussion document (by Pierre Mounier & Johan Rooryck) that echoes much of what I have been saying on the subject for quite a while (e.g. here). In my view the ratio of talk to action has been far too high in this context, and the good thing about this document is that it makes concrete practical proposals for a global infrastructure that could support the transition to Diamond Open Access worldwide:

The infrastructure will take the shape of a four-level federation, with  each level having its own responsibilities to achieve the shared goal of strengthening diamond open access as a leading scholarly communication model. These levels and their responsibilities are presented in this paper, initiating  a discussion with diamond OA communities and other stakeholders in the research landscape. We invite you to come forward and join this discussion.

You can read more here.

Here is a nice illustration:

A global system of federated diamond Open Access repositories would enable a truly innovative and equitable ecosystem for scholarly publication and realize the vision of research as a global public good, which is what it should be. I think Ireland is in a good position to play a leading role in this revolution, actually, as there is much going on in this respect (e.g. in the construction of a national peer review platform).

P.S. I think that a federated system of social media for public institutions is the way to go, too.

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