Open Access Button
The Open Access Button is a browser bookmarklet which registers when people hit a paywall to an academic article and cannot access it.[1] It is supported by Medsin UK and the Right to Research Coalition.[1]
A prototype was built at a BMJ Hack Weekend.[2][3] All code is openly available online at GitHub.[4]
A beta version of the Open Access Button was officially launched on 18 November 2013 at the Berlin 11 Satellite Conference for Students & Early Stage Researchers.[5] It records instances of hitting a paywall, and also provides options to try and locate an open access version of the article.[6] In April 2014 a crowdfunding campaign was started to build a second version.[7]
The second version [8] of the button is due to be launched on 21st October 2014 as part of open access week [9].
References
- ^ a b "About". Open Access Button. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Carroll, David; McArthur, Joseph (2013). "The Open Access Button: It's time we capture individual moments of paywall injustice and turn them into positive change". LSE Impact. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Picture of the week". BMJ. 347. July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Open Access Button". GitHub. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Speakers at B11 Satellite Conference". Right 2 Research Coalition. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Push button for open access". Guardian. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Browne, Tania (29 April 2014). "Let's shine a light on paywalls that deny open access to scientific research". Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ http://blog.openaccessbutton.org/2014/10/02/launching-the-new-open-access-button-push-button-get-research-make-progress/
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Week
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