the cost of open access? rcs workshop conference aston 23rd july 2010 bill hubbard centre for...

The Cost of Open Access?RCS WorkshopConference Aston23rd July 2010

Bill HubbardCentre for Research

CommunicationsUniversity of Nottingham

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What do authors want to know

• What do I have to do?• Are there restrictions on my publication

route?• How can I deal with this as quickly as

possible?• Where can I get help?

• Mandates, repositories, open access, copyright - it all has to fit into this . . .

What do funders require?

• Open Access to research results as a condition of funding

• Deposit in a particular repositoryand/or• Deposit in the institutional repositoryand/or• Publication in an Open Access Journal

Impact for institutions

• Response necessary as a requirement of grant

• Competitive advantage for compliance• Strategic alignment with global changes• Requires different service divisions to work

together• Incentive for more closely integrated

knowledge management

How to respond

• Who is currently aware of these requirements?

• What current structures and processes are in place?

• What level of compliance is currently attained?

Integration

• Into workflows• Institutional systems must share data• “Owners” of these systems must

collaborate• Policies must have be aligned with

institutional strategy, have purpose, support and consequences

• Authors must be given services that support their needs and fit within their existing work-flows are far as possible

What do we need to do?

• Compliance and support are complimentary• Collaborate on support given to authors• Integrate with funders’ requirements• Create systems for monitoring compliance• Establish major senior support for mandate• “ The system” to provide consistent,

authoritative information from all stakeholders at point of need

• Use infrastructure of repositories to benefit authors, researchers, institutions and funders

Questions?

• Bill Hubbard• Head of Centre for Research

Communications• JISC Research Communication Strategist

• bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk