an open-access ref: the whys and wherefores aberystwyth university 24 october 2014 ben johnson
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A “subversive proposal” Open access is…? “There can be no such thing” An “unprecedented public good” “Information wants to be free”TRANSCRIPT
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An open-access REF: the whys and wherefores
Aberystwyth University24 October 2014
Ben Johnson
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Thank you
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A “subversive proposal”
Open access is…?
“There can be no such thing”
An “unprecedented public good”
“Information wants to be
free”
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…a complex issue
gratis
libre
APCs
CC BY
hybrid
copyright transfer
green
gold
double-dipping
embargoes
decision tree
AAMs
compliancemetadata
repositories
learned societies
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Gratis Libre
Green Gold
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Publicly funded research should be freely open to the public that paid for it.
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The UK’s special journey
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• Open research is excellent research
• Mandates are successful
• £1.6 billion
And now the REF
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• Repositories are a tried and tested route to OA, a significant investment, and a national asset
• Author engagement must increase
• We must set reasonable and achievable goals, with flexibility (exceptions)
• We must set clear and straightforward rules
Our aims
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• To be eligible for the next REF, journal articles and conference papers accepted after 1 April 2016 must be:
o Deposited in a repository as the peer-reviewed manuscript (or better)
o Made accessible for read and download after 12 months or 24 months
The minimum requirements
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Will publishers allow authors to deposit their papers in
repositories?
Yes!
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How many journal articles are published in venues with permissible embargoes?
96%
0 25 50 75 100
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How many papers are being deposited today?
12%
0 25 50 75 100
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• Environment component of the REF can drive innovation and deeper, lasting change
• Benefits of OA should be extended beyond journals and conferences
• “© All Rights Reserved” is no basis for libre open access
Extra credit
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• Complex mixture of policies
• Compliance and culture change
• Technical challenges
• Cost issues for gold OA
• Long-term trajectory for UK OA
Challenges for institutions
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• Implementation and monitoring
• Stability vs. harmony
• Acceptability of embargoed, double-dipped, and gratis OA
• Long-term trajectory for UK OA: seizing the golden opportunity?
Challenges for policymakers
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• Funder-publisher-institution coordination and monitoring
• FAQs, further information, review
• Technical implementation (Jisc, publishers, funders)
• Monographs and OA Project
• Open Data
Some further work
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The future is open, and the benefits are substantial