Test Your Knowledge in Open Access - Part 2

What is the theme for this year's Open Access Week?

• Diamond Open Access: the possibilities 

• Open for collaboration 

• Communities for Open Access

• Community over commercialization

• Open for impact

Answer explanation

Since 2012 there has been an official theme set for Open Access Week.  This year's theme is Communities over commercialization 

What is the goal of open access? 

• To stop non-OA journals or publishers from publishing 

• To give more people access to scholarly work through a monthly fee 

• To create equal access to scholarly work regardless of where you live, your institutional affiliation, or your financial resources

• To ensure scientists are up-to-date with the latest advances in research

Answer explanation

To create equal access to scholarly work regardless of where you live, your institutional affiliation, or your financial resources

Open access articles are not peer reviewed

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Open access articles go through the peer review process as articles published in the traditional subscription-based publishing model.

What is the difference between open access journals and subscription-based journals? 

• Open access journals are free for the individual while subscription-based journals require a fee for access 

• Open access journals allow authors to retain ownership over their work while subscription-based journals can claim copyright over an author's research 

• Open access journals give authors a worldwide audience while subscription-based journals give authors an audience that is subscribed to the journal 

• All of the above

Which license allows authors to retain copyright while permitting others to reuse and share their work?

• Creative Commons license

• Copyright license

• Open Access license

• Public Domain license

Creative Commons licenses mean

• All rights reserved

• Some rights reserved

• No rights reserved

Answer explanation

Creative Commons licences enable a creator to choose which rights they want to reserve. Copyright means "all rights reserved".

When was the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to knowledge in the Sciences & Humanities made?

• October 2003

• August 2004

• July 2001

• November 2003

Answer explanation

The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities is an international statement on open access and access to knowledge. It emerged from a conference on open access hosted in the Harnack House in Berlin in October, 2023.

The conference was hosted by the Max Planck Society and the European Cultural Heritage Online (ECHO) project. More than 120 cultural and political organizations from around the world attended.

Which is the core Creative Commons condition always included in a CC license?

• SA

• NC

• BY

• AA

Answer explanation

Attribution (BY)

You must always acknowledge the creator of a work

Which CC condition means that you may distribute, display or perform the work only if it is NOT adapted or modified?

• SA

• NC

•  BY

• ND

Answer explanation

No Derivatives (ND)

The No Derivatives condition permits others to distribute, display and perform only exact copies of the work. They may not adapt or change the work in any way. The creator must be attributed.

Which license permits you to copy, adapt, and redistribute content under the condition that it is made available under the SAME license?

• CC BY-ND

• CC BY-SA

• CC BY-NC

• CC BY

Answer explanation

The CC BY-SA (Attribution-Share Alike) licence allows the user to copy, adapt, modify and redistribute content as long as the same licence is applied to the modified content. The creator must be attributed