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Managing Open Access in the Library

Nancy Pontika, PhD @nancypontika

Information Consultant for Research

UKCoRR External Liaison Officer

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A problem

The period 1986 – 2003subscription pricesincreased more than 260%

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Another problem

Overall, for 2013 in Europe budgets have decreased. In the USA the numbers stayed the same. In Asia the budgets increased. (Source: Library Budget Predictions for 2013)

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Not convinced yet?

(Source: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/04/publishing/the-winds-of-change-periodicals-price-survey-2013)

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Let’s face it!

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Open Access

“Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder”

(Suber, 2007)

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Open Access Journals

Open Access Journals offer peer-reviewed research. 30% charge an Article Processing Charge (APC), 70% do not

Subscription based journals that offer an open route- hybrid journals.Always (100%) charge Article Processing Charges (APCs)

* Who covers APCs? 59% paid by funder, 24% institution, 12% author

Gold Route

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RepositoriesGreen route

Institutional

Royal Holloway Research

Online

Subject

arXiv.orge-LiS

- Do NOT perform peer-review

- Pre-prints, post-prints, final version

- Standardised: OAI-PMH compatible

- 7/8 of 40% UK’s OA literature, world’s 20%

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Creative Commons Licenses

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RCUK Policy on Access to Research Outputs (July 2012)

• In effect from April 1st 2013• Journal articles and conference proceedings

• RCUK green compliant journals: - Allow self-archiving in repositories - 12 months embargo period for STEM- 24 months embargo period for HSS

• RCUK gold compliant journals:- Open Access or hybrid journals with CC-BY• Article Processing Charges (APCs)

RCUK will provide funding to enable:• 45% compliance the

first year• 50% compliance the

second year [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2012news/Pages/121108.aspx]

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Double dipping - no transparency

?

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SHERPA FACT

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HEFCE: Consultation on the criteria for post-2014 REF

Green open access only - repository submission

The criteria which apply to the outputs are:• Journal articles and conference proceedings

only• Published after a two year notice period (i.e. 2016)• With UK HEIs in address field

Consultation from UK HEIs:• Licenses: CC-BY or any other “liberal" license • Immediate deposit or delayed deposit• Full compliance or percentage compliance

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Funder Open Access Policies around the World

(Source: Screenshot from the SPARC Europe websitehttp://sparceurope.org/analysis-of-funder-open-access-policies-around-the-world/)

RCUK

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Purpose of policies

(Source: ROARMAP http://roarmap.eprints.org/)

“@bernardrentier: university that doesn't know what papers its faculty publish is like a factory that doesn't know what it produces #berlin11”

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Policies: Implications for libraries… and universities

versus

Institutional • Adequate

preparation

• Internal policy

• Policy timely proposed

• Services in place

Funder• Come as a

surprise, i.e. RCUK policy

• Institutions catch up late

• Reflect on internal policies

• Adaptation of new systems

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Library Advocacy

• Strategic marketing

• Social Media presence

• Open Access website

• Spread the word

• Do your homework

• OA Champions

• Make friends

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Must read!

By Peter Suber

Free on the internet with CC-BY-NC license

bit.ly/oa-book

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Questions?