Jake, Very good initiative! If we consider that a typical user start searching the web either via Google / Google Scholar or has already a preferred searching application, a major demand is how to better use Google / Google Scholar in several languages and from different geographies. The Guideline ignores multilingualism which is an essential component of globalization. A good example of promotion of equity access is the Virtual Health Library led by the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information Center - bvsalud.org/en which provides full multilingualism search in English, Portuguese, Spanish and France on both the interface and the content using multilingual MeSH. For any Latin American and Caribbean user - be a researcher, a teacher, a student, a health related professional, and a public user the VHL is an extraordinary solution. Full texts when available are linked from the VHL search results. Most or all of the Latin American health sciences related journals are open access (many from SciELO). When a PMC article version is available the link to the full text is also there. In other cases, academic users in many countries have national portals to access commercialized articles or.... Finally, beyond health sciences, most of que quality journals published in Latin American are open access. So, I would suggest to cite the VHL and SciELO in the Guide. Best. Abel Abel L Packer On Oct 20, 2017 08:28, "Anthony Watkinson" &lt;anthony.watkinson(a)btinternet.com&gt; wrote: Jake I am assuming that this is not just for the US. The section on local libraries does look a little like this. Are you aware of http://accesstoresearch.pls.org.uk/? There must be other such initiatives Anthony *From:* scholcomm-request(a)lists.ala.org [mailto:scholcomm-request@ lists.ala.org] *On Behalf Of *Jake Orlowitz (via scholcomm Mailing List) *Sent:* 19 October 2017 20:04 *To:* The Open Scholarship Initiative *Cc:* ACRL Scholarly Communication List; Open Access discussions; lita-l(a)lists.ala.org; opencon-discussion-list(a)googlegroups.com *Subject:* [SCHOLCOMM] Guide for access to research: Looking for early readers! To help researchers (and Wikipedians), I've been collaboratively working on a now 24-option guide about how to access sources when you don't have access to them. Many of you are pros at this kind of digging. Could you give it 10 minutes and feel free to make comments, suggestions, corrections, or additions? Don't hesitate to be bold :) ***Review the full guide <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOw4Pcz920bkbP24uOI7AVr5SOOlVOCXOOw1G4tJkVo/edit>*** *You're a Researcher without Access to Research: What do you do?* *Investigating solutions for small nonprofits, social impact organizations, and earnest individuals.* The world of publishing is evolving frantically, while it remains frustratingly fragmented and prohibitively expensive for many. If you're a student who just left your plush academic library behind only to discover you are now locked out of the stacks; a Swedish startup researching water usage in Africa and keep hitting paywalls; a small nonprofit that studies social change activism, but all the latest papers cost $40 per read… This article is for you. ***Review the full guide <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOw4Pcz920bkbP24uOI7AVr5SOOlVOCXOOw1G4tJkVo/edit>*** *Thank you!* *Jake Orlowitz* *Head of the Wikipedia Library* *Wikimedia Foundation* -- As a public and publicly-funded effort, the conversations on this list can be viewed by the public and are archived. To read this group's complete listserv policy (including disclaimer and reuse information), please visit http://osinitiative.org/osi-listservs. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Open Scholarship Initiative" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osi2016-25+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to osi2016-25(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/osi2016-25. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Hi all – And to add to this thread, the information provided about Elsevier is also rather misleading as it focusses on PPV services which are typically used by corporate customers. For our (very!) full spectrum of access initiatives, please see: https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/science-and-society/access With best wishes, Alicia Dr Alicia Wise Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Networks Elsevier From: osi2016-25(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:osi2016-25@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Watkinson Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:41 AM To: 'Jake Orlowitz' &lt;jorlowitz(a)gmail.com&gt;om>; 'The Open Scholarship Initiative' &lt;osi2016-25(a)googlegroups.com&gt; Cc: 'Open Access discussions' &lt;openaccess(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>; lita-l(a)lists.ala.org; opencon-discussion-list(a)googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [SCHOLCOMM] Guide for access to research: Looking for early readers! *** External email: use caution *** Hi Jake again Would this guide not be a little more useful if the wording was a little more careful and less antagonistic? For example is $40 really the norm for buying journal article. You suggest it is. I look up Elsevier. They say that they charge $31.50 https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/sciencedirect/content/pay-per-view. One might assume that they are the top end in pricing. Perhaps that they are not. Perhaps you have done YOUR research (a good thing) and you have found this to be the norm. Disclosure I am a researcher working off campus but I am luck because I have an honorary appointment and get access to a top library. I have never bought an article. If I cannot get it directly which is rare I ask the author whose email is usually available with the abstract. Anthony. From: scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org<mailto:scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org> [mailto:scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Jake Orlowitz (via scholcomm Mailing List) Sent: 19 October 2017 20:04 To: The Open Scholarship Initiative Cc: ACRL Scholarly Communication List; Open Access discussions; lita-l@lists.ala.org<mailto:lita-l@lists.ala.org>; opencon-discussion-list@googlegroups.com<mailto:opencon-discussion-list@googlegroups.com> Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] Guide for access to research: Looking for early readers! To help researchers (and Wikipedians), I've been collaboratively working on a now 24-option guide about how to access sources when you don't have access to them. Many of you are pros at this kind of digging. Could you give it 10 minutes and feel free to make comments, suggestions, corrections, or additions? Don't hesitate to be bold :) **Review the full guide<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOw4Pcz920bkbP24uOI7AVr5SOOlVO… You're a Researcher without Access to Research: What do you do? Investigating solutions for small nonprofits, social impact organizations, and earnest individuals. The world of publishing is evolving frantically, while it remains frustratingly fragmented and prohibitively expensive for many. If you're a student who just left your plush academic library behind only to discover you are now locked out of the stacks; a Swedish startup researching water usage in Africa and keep hitting paywalls; a small nonprofit that studies social change activism, but all the latest papers cost $40 per read… This article is for you. **Review the full guide<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOw4Pcz920bkbP24uOI7AVr5SOOlVO… Thank you! Jake Orlowitz Head of the Wikipedia Library Wikimedia Foundation -- As a public and publicly-funded effort, the conversations on this list can be viewed by the public and are archived. To read this group's complete listserv policy (including disclaimer and reuse information), please visit http://osinitiative.org/osi-listservs. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Open Scholarship Initiative" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osi2016-25+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com<mailto:osi2016-25+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to osi2016-25@googlegroups.com<mailto:osi2016-25@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/osi2016-25. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ________________________________ Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084, Registered in England and Wales.