Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Hélène Bosc

According to Stevan Harnad, dramatic Open Access Progress in France owes a great deal to its earliest and most dedicated hexagonal [French] champion, the indefatigable librarian Hélène Bosc. A recent review of a book on open access recommends that if one could only read one article, it should be that written by Hélène - a veritable Survival Manual for librarians wishing to get involved or get informed. For all that you do, Hélène, merci! And, many thanks to Stevan Harnad for alerting us to our hexagonal OA librarian colleague.

This is from Stevan's June 21, 2006 American Scientist Open Access Forum message, which also points to some of Helene's work:

Below is a list of some of HB'S pertinent work. See especially her recent chapter in Aubry & Janik (2005) [see below for review] and her website http://www.tours.inra.fr/prc/internet/documentation/communication_scientifique/comsci.htm

Bosc, H. and Harnad, S. (2005) In a paperless world a new role for academic libraries: Providing Open Access. Learned Publishing.
http://cogprints.org/4200/

Bosc, H. (2004) Pour une plus grande visibilité des travaux des chercheurs : l'exemple de l'archive ouverte PhysiologieAnimale
http://cogprints.org/4412/

Bosc, H. (2003) La Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) pour un libre accès aux résultats de la recherche. Terminal.
http://cogprints.org/4409/

Bosc, H. (2003) Le droit des auteurs à mettre en accès libre leurs propres résultats de recherche [Authors' right to provide open access to their own research results.].
http://cogprints.org/4411/

Bosc, H (2002) Mise en service d'une archive numérique. Launching an archive.
http://cogprints.org/4415/
http://cogprints.org/4416/

Bosc, H. (2001) Partager et utiliser des connaissances scientifiques: de la responsabilité individuelle à la responsabilité collective. INRA mensuel.
http://cogprints.org/4410/

The following is from the American Scientist Open Access Forum, Jan. 9, 2006:
A review of :
Aubry & Janik (eds) (2005) Les Archives Ouvertes: enjeux et pratiques http://www.adbs.fr/site/publications/ouvrages/98.php has been published by Yves Desrichard in
Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France.
http://bbf.enssib.fr/

Excerpt (translation follows):

"Le principal mérite de l'ouvrage est de scander les principes fondamentaux de cet « accès ouvert » dont les « archives ouvertes » ne sont qu'une des composantes. À cet égard, ce n'est pas faire injure aux autres contributeurs que d'indiquer que, s'il ne fallait lire qu'un seul article, ce serait celui d'Hélène Bosc, de l'Institut national de recherche agronomique de Tours. Avec «Archives ouvertes : quinze ans d'histoire », elle propose, plutôt qu'une simple chronologie un peu fastidieuse, un « vade-mecum de survie » au bibliothécaire ou au documentaliste souhaitant s'impliquer dans des projets basés sur ces concepts ou, tout simplement, s'en tenir informé".

Translation:

"The chief merit of this work is its survey of the basic principles of this "Open Access" of which "open archives" are but one
component. In this regard it is not to slight the other contributors to note that, if one could read but one single article, it would have to be that of Helen Bosc, of the National Institute of Research in Agronomy in Tours. With her "Open Archives: A Fifteen-Year History", she provides, not of a mere a constipated chronology, but a veritable "Survival Manual" for the librarian or documentalist wishing either to get involved in projects based on these concepts or merely to keep informed."

Eprint of Bosc chapter:
http://cogprints.org/4408/

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