Re: Creative Commons in Action, and the DOAJ growth doubled over the past year

["Joseph J. Esposito" <espositoj@gmail.com>]

Heather,

What would have happened if you did not include the CC license? 
What is the baseline?

Joe Esposito

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heather Morrison" <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:52 PM
Subject: Creative Commons in Action, and the DOAJ growth doubled over the
past year

> Here is an illustration of Creative Commons in Action, and how 
> it benefits the author.
>
> As an open access advocate who studies and records the Dramatic 
> Growth of Open Access, I wanted to create a simple chart to 
> illustrate a simple fact that I had noticed, and share with as 
> many people as possible.  My friend Devon Greyson agreed to 
> help me with the Creative Commons illustration.
>
> The fact that I wished to illustrate and share:
>
> In 2007, DOAJ was adding titles at an average rate of 1.2 
> titles per calendar day. In the past 11 months, DOAJ has been 
> adding new titles at an average rate of 2.2 titles per calendar 
> day.
>
> That is, not only is DOAJ continuing to grow at an amazing rate 
> - the growth rate itself is growing; the DOAJ growth rate has 
> nearly doubled in the past year.
>
> I created a simple chart and blogpost to illustrate and explain 
> this fact, which can be found at: 
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2008/08/doaj-growth-rate-nearly- 
> doubles-in-past.html
>
> Devon Greyson took content from my blogpost and added another 
> chart of her own, illustrating both the growth rate of DOAJ per 
> se and the growth of the growth rate, which can be found on 
> Social Justice Librarian, at: 
> http://sjlibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/doaj-continued-growth- 
> plus-a-creative-commons-bonus/
>
> I created a third post, including Devon's chart: 
> http://sjlibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/doaj-continued-growth- 
> plus-a-creative-commons-bonus/
>
> Because both The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics and 
> Social Justice Librarian employ similar Creative Commons 
> licenses, it is very clear to everyone that such uses are 
> permitted.  That is, not just copying content, but creating 
> derivatives as well.
>
> As an author, my audience has expanded to include readers of 
> Social Justice Librarian.  I created one chart, but now I have 
> two at my disposal.
>
> Please feel free to make use of either of the charts, or 
> blogposts, within the CC context (that is, please cite the 
> author, and don't sell the content and keep the money for 
> yourself!).
>
> For example, if you think one of the charts would make a great 
> addition to a presentation you're doing on OA - please go for 
> it! No need to seek permission for this.
>
> Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author 
> alone, and does not represent the opinion or policy of BC 
> Electronic Library Network or Simon Fraser University Library.
>
> Heather Morrison, MLIS The Imaginary Journal of Poetic 
> Economics http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com