A quick presentation for OpenCon London on mine, and others journey from Interested to Impactful!

1. The journey
from interested to
impactful.
Joe McArthur - @Mcarthur_Joe
Assistant Director, Right to Research Coalition
Co-founder and Co-Lead of the Open Access Button

2. Launched in Summer 2009.
Built around the Student Statement
on the Right to Research: access to
research is a student right
International alliance of 77 graduate &
undergraduate student organizations,
representing nearly 7 million students
We Educate + Advocate for Open Access

3. When you can’t access papers, get research and
make progress with new apps from openaccessbutton.org

4. The Problem

7. The Button now…
Web Mobile
Download for:
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Android
Bookmarklet
at
Openaccessbutton.org

8. How the Button Works

9. Back to the start

11. www.righttoresearch.org

12. www.righttoresearch.org

15. It wasn’t so much an event, as a milestone
– Jon Tennant (OpenCon Alumni)
www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

16. www.sparc.arl.org

17. 1,000+
Congressional lobbying visits
over the past 4.5 years
www.righttoresearch.org

18. i) confirms the importance of students having access to
research journals and articles as part of their training;
ii) notes the high cost to institutions and individuals when
accessing scholarly literature;
iii) proposes that this could hinder medical students in their
development as ‘The Doctor as the Scientist’ as well as
developing an evidence based clinical approach;
iv) welcomes and endorses the Right To Research Coalition’s
statement on Open Access to research literature.
www.righttoresearch.org
June 25, 2012

19. www.righttoresearch.org

20. Open Access
Challenge
• Challenge students to
find research with and
without uni access
• Shows people how
hard it is to get access
More info at http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/openucts-access-challenge.
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Image courtesy of Uvania Naidoo – Available at http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/openucts-access-challenge.shtml

21. www.sparc.arl.org

22. www.righttoresearch.org

23. Open Access Week: October 20-26, 2014
www.righttoresearch.org

24. www.sparc.arl.org

25. 10+ Project
Lightening talks
from new projects
www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

26. “…the degree of student initiative and
engagement at UBC gives this issue
a whole new impetus.”
www.righttoresearch.org

27. www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

29. steps to move from interested to impactful
www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

30. www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

31. www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

32. www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

33. www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

34. www.righttoresearch.org @mcarthur_joe Joe@righttoresearch.org

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