research bites: what you need to know about open access

Open AccessWhat you need to know about Open Access

Louise TrippSubject Librarian: English, European Languages, Linguistics, Open AccessThe Library (CETAD Building)l.tripp@lancaster.ac.ukTel. (01524) 592546

Tanya WilliamsonAssistant LibrarianThe Library (CETAD Building)t.williamson1@lancaster.ac.ukTel. (01524) 594284

What is Open Access?

We mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers…… the only role for copyright in this domain should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.

(Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002)

Why is Open Access relevant?

• Benefits:• visibility and impact• speeds up the research process• data-mining and text-mining - generating new knowledge from existing

findings• author has control of copyright

• RCUK OA Policy since 1 April 2013• Journal publishers changing from traditional subscription model

to OA journals/hybrid journals (Gold Open Access)• HEFCE’s OA policy for next REF:

• Compulsory to make journal articles and conference proceedings OA in institutional/subject repository within 3 months of acceptance

• Outputs should be in readable/searchable format so can be re-used• Should be properly attributed• Likely to increase in more Green OA

How do I make my research Open Access?

LU Funding

£10k for OA charges for non-RCUK research

RCUK Funding

• Applies to journal articles/conference proceedings• Allocated £165k for 2014/2015 (£140k last year)• Prefer immediate OA (Gold) or Green within 6/12 months• Must use CC-BY licence

See Open Access Publishing Workflow

• Lead author completes funding form• Lead author seeks HoD approval• Email form to openaccess@lancaster.ac.uk• Library checks criteria• Final approval sought from Associate Dean for Research

See flowchart You’ve decided on Gold Access – what next?

How do I apply for OA funding?

• Open Access LibGuide: http://lancaster.libguides.com/openaccesso Application form o Open Access Publishing Workflowo Flowchart You’ve Decided on Gold – what next?

• Open Access supportopenaccess@lancaster.ac.uk

• Subscribe to Lancaster Open Access Forum email distribution list: send an email to majordomo@lists.lancs.ac.uk and type in body of mail message subscribe loaf

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