In general, academics are proud of their good work and concerned about their reputations. This is all very reasonable. At this point in the PSYCHE project we have already met a number of concerns from a range of academics and publishers which relate to allowing materials to be reused and repurposed. At least some of these concerns are quite legitimate, but they are worth noting and thinking about. So, here are four examples without any evaluative comments:
- It took a lot of work to produce this, and so I don’t want to just give that to someone else.
- Students might plagiarise my research work for the sake of a better essay or project mark.
- I have collected these data, and so I, in preference to others, have the right to reanalyze them, or add to them for the sake of further publications. If these data are shared widely, then the reputational enhancement that is rightly mine might go to others.
- Typically, we charge a fee per page per student for using materials. We are unwilling to give you the rights to share to an unknown number through a repository.
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