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- This is list of social media sites that are no longer active.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