Discontinued social media sites about OA

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

• This is list of social media sites that are no longer active.

• If archives are available please provide the URL; if possible, please include the date when media use ceased.

• Alphabetical by category, and alphabetical within each category.

• Related lists in OAD: (1) Social media sites about OA, (2) Blogs about OA and (3) Discussion forums.

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Facebook

• Access to Research Now! A Facebook group from the student-run Right to Research Coalition.
• My Open Archive. Facebook group.
• Open Science. Facebook group.

Google+

• Creative Commons (CC). Google+ page. Last updated April 2012. Archive available.
• Open Access Foundation. Google+ page. Last updated December 2011. Archive available.
• Public Library of Science (PLoS). Google+ page. Last updated February 2012. Archive available.

LinkedIn

• Digitale Bibliotheek. A LinkedIn group launched March 14, 2009, by Karolien Selhorst.

• HealthForge - the Open Access Health Informatics Community. A LinkedIn group launched January 29, 2010, by John Jones.

• ICAR Scientists Forum for Open Access. A LinkedIn group launched January 8, 2009, by Sridhar Gutam. "ICAR" stands for Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

• iCommons. A LinkedIn group launched April 18, 2008, by Diane Cabell.

• My Open Archive. A LinkedIn group launched June 29, 2009, by Keita Bando. In Japanese.

• Open Access. A LinkedIn group launched February 26, 2010, by Bertil Dorth. In Danish.

• Open Source & Open Access for Science. A LinkedIn group launched February 10, 2010, by John Jones.

Twitter

• Acesso Livre Brazil. Twitter feed launched December 2009. In Portuguese.
• AccesstoScience. Twitter feed launched January 2012. Last updated February 2012. Archive available.
• Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA). Twitter feed launched June 2009.
• Closed Access J. Twitter feed.
• De Gruyter Open. Twitter feed by Witold Kieńć, launched April 2011.
• depositMOre. Twitter feed launched July 2010.
• elife_sciences. Twitter feed launched May 2013. Moved to eLife.
• The European Library. Twitter feed launched September 2009. Discontinued December 22, 2016.
• FakePLoS. Twitter feed launched February 2012.
• OA Good Practice. Twitter feed launched April 2014.
• HSS Open Access. Twitter feed by the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, launched May 2013.
• LSE Research Online. Twitter feed from The London School of Economics.
• NCBI_PubMed. Twitter feed launched February 2009. Last updated April 2011. Archive available.
  • OKFnKorea. Twitter feed launched February 2013.
• OKFN Norway. Twitter feed launched October 2013.
• Open Access India. Twitter feed by Anup K Das and Sridhar Gutam, launched October 2012.
• OpenAccessPress. Twitter feed.
• Open Access Project. Twitter feed launched November 2011. Last updated in 2012. Archive available.
• Open Access Yarn. Twitter feed by Katarina Lovrecic, launched June 2011.
• Open Book Alliance. Twitter feed launched August, 2009. Last updated December 2011. Archive available.
• OKFNBG. Twitter feed launched July 2012. In Bulgarian.
• Open Data Network. Twitter feed launched September 2009. Last updated February 2012. Archive available.
• Open Education Week. Twitter feed launched October 2011.
• OpenGenAlliance. Twitter feed launched January 2011. Last updated May 2012. Archive available.
  • Open Knowledge BD. Twitter feed launched June 2013.
• Open Philosophy. Twitter feed launched December 2011. Last updated February 2012. Archive available.
• OpenRepo. Twitter feed launched September 2010.
• Open Science Indonesia. Twitter feed launched May 2017.
• Open Source Science. Twitter feed launched March 2010. Last updated in 2011. Archive available.
• PASTEUR40A. Twitter feed from Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research, launched February 2014. Discontinued July 2016.
• PLoS Labs. Twitter feed.
• Sage Commons. Twitter feed launched February 2010. Last updated August 2012. Archive available.
• ScienceOnline. Twitter feed launched August 2009. Archive available.
• SPARC_Africa. Twitter feed, from the African Chapter of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.
• UFScholComm. Twitter feed from the UF Libraries Scholarly Communications Office launched September 2011, moderated by Christine Fruin.
• UKPMC. Twitter feed.