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 * This is list of social media sites that are no longer active.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

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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * OpenGenAlliance. Twitter feed launched January 2011. Last updated May 2012. Archive available.
 * Open Philosophy. Twitter feed launched December 2011. Last updated February 2012. Archive available.
 * OpenRepo. Twitter feed launched September 2010.
 * 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.
 * UKPMC. Twitter feed.