Ready-Access is the Mechanism of the Revolution

A morning read on Princeton's new Open-access policy gave me food for thought: It's not Open-access that's the mechanism of the revolution, but Ready-Access. Open-Access allows for authors to repost or archive their work. Ready-Access is a term developed by myself to refer to a third party (not the author or the publisher) being able to download copyrighted material. That is what the Race and Policing Research Library (#RxPRL) is trying to achieve.

However, it appears -- according to sources versed in open-access policies -- that the #RxPRL will have to become #RxPRR, at least for now. #RxPRR stands for the Race and Policing Research Repository. This would be considered a subject repository, where authors opt-in to have their work archived in the database. For this moment, the repository is located within the library, where the library holds content that we, the Race and Policing Research Working Group, is creating (e.g., bibliographies, indexes) and the repository holds content donated to the library by authors themselves.

To contribute to the #RaceAndPolicing Research Repository, follow the instructions located at the original update page for the #RaceAndPolicing Research Library. Contributors interested in making available ready-access materials to The Race and Policing Project will need to submit a version of their manuscript that is not copyrighted by the journal/distributor and able to be shared by a third-party archivist. SHERPA/RoMEO provides resources that will let you know what versions of your paper can be shared by a third-party, such as The Race and Policing Project.

To the revolution!

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