CARL libraries’ roles in facilitating access to publicly-funded Canadian research
Diego ArgáezProgram Officer, Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Jeanette Hatherill Bibliothécaire responsable de la communication savante |Scholarly Communication Librarian
Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Julie LavigneLegal Studies Librarian, Scholarly Communications and Copyright
Carleton University
CASRAI ReConnect14 - November 20, 2014
Outline
• Rationale for CARL aligning with OA
• Brief overview of CARL’s OA activities
• Practical ways in which CARL and its member libraries advocate and provide support for OA
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CARL is a signatory of :
• Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
OA Advocacy & resources
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ http://doaj.org
http://oaspa.org
https://pkp.sfu.ca
OA Advocacy & resources
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/openaccess.html
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/ir.html
Institutions without anopen digital repository?
Adoptive repositories
University of Victoria / UVicSpaceSimon Fraser University / Summit
University of Alberta* / Education & Research ArchiveUniversity of Calgary* /
University of Calgary Institutional RepositoryUniversity of Manitoba / MSpaceUniversity of Toronto* / T Space
McGill University / eScholarship@McGillDalhousie University / DalSpace
*Denotes an national adoptive repository, the others are regional.
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/canadian-ir-repositories/adoptive-repositories.html
Devon Greyson et al, University Supports for Open Access: A Canadian National Survey, Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 3 (2009) http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjhe/article/view/472
Sources
• Budapest Open Access Initiativehttp://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanitieshttp://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration
• Devon Greyson et al, University Supports for Open Access: A Canadian National Survey, Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 3 (2009) http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjhe/article/view/472
• UVicSpace, Information for external researchershttp://www.uvic.ca/library/featured/collections/uvic/uvicspace/external-researchers.php
Open Access at
Jeanette HatherillScholarly Communication LibrarianUniversity of Ottawa
www.scholarlycommunication.uottawa.ca@JeanetteAnneH
uO Research (Recherche uO) ◦ 20,242 items ◦ ~ 15,900 of these are theses ◦ ~ 112 items are added per month
◦ departments/faculties have their own collections
◦ researchers yet to develop the habit of submitting
Institutional Repository
University of Ottawa Author Fund in Support of Open Access Publishing◦ started in 2010◦ 530 articles published ◦ 372 unique authors
supported ◦ 59 different
departments
Author Fund
2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-20150
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Applications to Author Fund by year
ProjectedActual
Eligibility◦ faculty, grad students, affiliated researchers◦ 2 applications per year◦ peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters◦ OA and hybrid
Changes to come◦ no hybrid support ◦ right to refuse applications from predatory
journals
Author Fund
*2014-2015 as of August 27, 2014
9 journals supported◦ OJS – open source tool for journal management◦ uO Research - archiving ◦ currently offer technical support◦ developing greater publishing support
advice on increasing visibility community of practice
Open Journal Hosting
Collaboration with Library and Press◦ begun in 2012◦ creative commons license◦ $10,000 per book/ max 3 books/ year◦ 3 year commitment, being assessed in 2015
uOttawa Press
OA @ Carleton University
decentralized model for managing scholarly communications activities, including OA
responsibilities split between Library, OVPRI, and interested faculty members, though much of day-to-day management happens in the Library
ScholComm @ Carleton University
ScholCommcttee
GSA OA
Award review cttee
CURVE cttee
Office of the Vice-President (Research
& International)
MacOdrum Library
Admin
MADGIC
Systems
Ref
©
CURIE
GSA OA
Award
CUDOOJS
Prof Skills
RDM
CURVE
Faculty reps
CURIE (author fund) Carleton University Research Impact Endeavour
pilot launched 2012-13 fiscal year $25,000 from Library / $25,000 from OVPRI
reimbursement of article processing fees where co/authored by Carleton researchers in peer-reviewed, fully-OA journals
www.library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications/open-access/curie-fund
CURIE (author fund) 2012-13: $9,754 2013-14: $20,358
May 2012 – June 2014
28 Applications submitted
25 Approved applications
19 Unique submitting authors
9 Unique departments
19 Unique journals
12 Unique publishers
GSA OA Award sponsored by GSA, Library, and OVPRI launched 2011 up to 5 awards of $1000 each
* one prize split into $500 each for paper co-authored by two separate applicants
www.library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications/open-access/graduate-student-open-access-award
32 2011-12 applications
5 awards
18 2012-13 applications
5 awards
47 2013-14 application
6 awards*
CURVE (institutional repository) Carleton University Research Virtual
Environment
launched in October 2011 fully-searchable, and documents also
indexed in Library’s Summon search (catalogue) and in Google
curve.carleton.ca
OJS (Open Journal Hosting)
currently hosting 4 journals, but planning a few more
Library support includes journal setup, hosting services, training and technical support as needed
www.library.carleton.ca/services/open-journal-hosting
Other ScholComm initiatives
Research Data Management CUDO: digital library of objected collected by
Carleton (not created by) Professional Skills Workshops for graduate
students copyright questions occasional events and
outreach
www.library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications
Contact Info
Julie Lavigne, BA, LLB, MLIS
Legal Studies LibrarianScholarly Communications and Copyright
Reference Services238 MacOdrum LibraryCarleton University613-520-2600 [email protected]