BioMed Central Open Access Colloquium
Open Access: How Can We Achieve Quality and Quantity?
Location: The Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE, UK
Date: Thursday 8th February, 2007
Thank you to everyone who attended the Colloquium and made the event a success. Podcasts and slideshows of the presentations are now available below.
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Introduction to Day
| Welcome Deborah Saltman, Editorial Director, Medicine, BioMed Central Duration: 1 min |
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| A historical perspective of open access Vitek Tracz, Chairman, BioMed Central Duration: 5 mins |
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Definition of open access and business models |
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| BioMed Central's open access model and other routes to open access Matthew Cockerill, Publisher, BioMed Central Duration: 12 mins |
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| An overview of open access repositories Peter Morgan, Project Director, DSpace@Cambridge, Cambridge University Duration: 12 mins |
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| UK PubMed Central within the open access movement Richard Boulderstone, Director of e-Strategy and Programmes, British Library Duration: 10 mins |
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| Springer's open access model Jan Velterop, Director of Open Access, Springer Science & Business Media Duration: 13 mins |
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| Questions and discussion Led by Bryan Vickery, Deputy Publisher, BioMed Central Duration: 7 mins |
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Panel-led session: how is quality or depth of coverage defined in open access? |
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| The BMC series journals: Quality & quantity across an open access portfolio Melissa Norton, Medical Editor, BioMed Central Duration: 5 mins |
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| How has the quality and depth of coverage of the BMJ changed with the evolution of its open access model? Trish Groves, Deputy Editor, British Medical Journal Duration: 14 mins |
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| The PLoS combination of quality and quantity Ginny Barbour, Managing Editor, PLoS Medicine Duration: 10 mins |
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| Malaria Journal: An open access journal successfully carving out quality in a neglected area Marcel Hommel, Editor-in-Chief, Malaria Journal Duration: 14 mins |
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| Questions and discussion Led by Melissa Norton, Medical Editor, BioMed Central Duration: 12 mins |
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Quality and quantity from an author's perspective |
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| Experiences of multiple paper authors Georgios Lyratzopoulos, East of England Strategic Health Authority, Cambridge |
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| Experiences of multiple paper authors David Torgerson, Director, York Trials Unit, University of York |
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| Experiences of multiple paper authors Diana Elbourne, Professor of Healthcare Evaluation, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London Duration: 7 mins |
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| Experiences of multiple paper authors Fiona Matthews, Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Duration: 10 mins |
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| Questions and discussion David Bennett, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London Duration: 27 mins |
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Who benefits from open access publishing? Authors', readers' and funders' perspectives |
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| An author and editor's perspective Doug Altman, Steering Group, Trials journal Duration: 12 mins |
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| Areas neglected by traditional publishers Michael Kidd, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medical Case Reports Duration: 9 mins |
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| A funding agency's perspective Tony Peatfield, Head Corporate Governance and Policy, Medical Research Council Duration: 14 mins |
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| A reader's perspective Ben Goldacre, Journalist (Bad Science column, The Guardian) and Clinician (University College, London) Duration: 9 mins |
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| Questions and discussion Anne Greenwood, Science Navigation Group Managing Director Duration: 13 mins |
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The open access imperative: where are we now, and where do we want to be? |
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| Funding open-access publications Robert Kiley, Head of e-Strategy, Wellcome Library Duration: 10 mins |
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| Open access from the perspective of the NHS Sir Muir Gray, Director of Clinical Knowledge, Process and Safety for NHS Connecting for Health Duration: 14 mins |
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| The open access imperative and the future of open access Richard Smith, Member of the board of PLoS, former Editor of the BMJ and Chief Executive of the BMJ Publishing Group Duration: 14 mins |
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Summary, close and presentation of BioMed Central Awards |
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| Summary and close Matthew Cockerill, Publisher, BioMed Central Duration: 6 mins |
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