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The first of April this year is a significant date for researchers here in the UK. It’s when a [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2012news/Pages/120716.aspx new policy comes into place], beginning a journey towards open access (OA) for publicly funded research.
You can also sign up to the <span class="plainlinks">[https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l email discussion list]</span> for the Wikimedia community in the UK.
This is a top-down policy from the Government (via the [http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ Finch Report]), the Research Councils, and other funding bodies, but it follows years of campaigning by a grass-roots movement of academics and librarians. Open Access made headlines last year in what the Guardian dubbed “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Spring the Academic Spring]”, when many academics started a boycott of journals that lock research papers behind a “paywall”.


The official policy is a huge step forward for open access in the UK, and comes at a time when the European Commission has [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/era-communication-towards-better-access-to-scientific-information_en.pdf announced its own OA policy]. Just in the last few weeks the White House [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research announced a new policy] to make the reports of taxpayer-funded research openly available.
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These developments affect whether the public can access reports of taxpayer-funded research without meeting a paywall. The UK policy affects new research papers, not those already published. It also affects how research is licensed: whether you and I have rights to copy and adapt the text or images of a paper.
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However, the open agenda doesn’t stop at access to research results. There is also increasing pressure for public access to the underlying data and for greater openness and transparency around the process of research, for example with standardised information about funding.
We are always interested to hear from new [[volunteer|volunteers]]. If you have an idea you'd like to help make happen, or time and skills you would like to offer Wikimedia UK, please get in touch on volunteering{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk


Attending an event at the Royal Society recently, there was agreement about the merits of open access, but wide disagreement about the consequences. Will commercial publishers be banished from the academy, or will pay-to-publish mean they charge twice for the same work? Will more scientific papers be published, or fewer? Will learned societies – some of whom support their work with non-open-access journals – go extinct or will they flourish even more?


However, there has been relatively little mention of how this affects Wikimedia (meaning Wikipedia, its sister projects such as Wikiversity, and the communities that support them). For a lot of research, Wikipedia and Wikimedia are a gateway to a huge global audience, including taxpayers who ultimately fund public research, and including academics in poorer countries who are less able to access the original papers.
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WIkipedia itself is written, reviewed and illustrated by volunteers. Some of us have day-jobs in universities or research institutions, but for those who don’t, the paywalls lock away content that could really help us improve articles on difficult academic topics. The difficulty of getting the best sources, while so much junk research and opinion is freely accessible, has a dumbing-down effect on the web: Wikipedia seeks to counter that trend, and open access would make that easier for us. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/know-when-to-oldham/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>Continues...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
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* {{event inline|2013|03|26|end=27|Martin Poulter presenting on "The Wikipedia Education Program: open educational practice on a global scale" in the [http://www.ucel.ac.uk/oer13/index.html Open Educational Resources 2013 Conference] at the University of Nottingham}}
* {{event inline|2013|03|26|[[Agenda 26Mar13|Board meeting]]}}
 
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* {{event inline|2013|04|06|[[m:Meetup/Manchester/17|Manchester meetup]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|04|07|[[m:Meetup/Coventry/7|Coventry meetup]]}}
* {{event inline|2013|04|10|Martin Poulter delivering a workshop on "Improving Psychology Articles on Wikipedia: An opportunity for education and impact" at [http://www.bps.org.uk/events/conferences/annual-conference-2013 British Psychological Society Conference 2013], Harrogate}}
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* {{event inline|2013|04|13|[[EGM 2013]]}}
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Wikimedia UK

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About Wikimedia UK

The Wikimedia projects are special: they are written and curated by thousands of volunteers. They are also supported by voluntary donations, through Wikimedia UK, the Wikimedia Foundation and other international chapters.

Wikimedia UK is a charity registered in England and Wales that supports and promotes Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons. Our mission is to help people and organisations create and preserve open knowledge, and to help provide easy access for all. We do this by supporting volunteer editors and contributors ('Wikimedians'), by working in partnership with cultural and educational institutions, by hosting training sessions and editing events, and by acting to advocate the benefits of open knowledge generally.

There are several ways to get involved in the charity's work. You can become a member for just £5 per year. You can volunteer to work with us in a variety of ways, both online and offline. You can also make a donation (and if you're a UK taxpayer, we can claim Gift Aid). Subscribe to our Friends' Newsletter to stay in touch. Click the buttons below to learn more.

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