leru roadmap towards open access

UCL LIBRARY SERVICES

Dr Paul Ayris

Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright OfficerPresident of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)

e-mail: [email protected]


Contents

1. Introduction to the LERU Roadmap2. Benefits of Open Access3. LERU Open Access Roadmap4. Documentation to support the Roadmap5. E-Press interests6. Conclusions


Contents

1. Introduction to the LERU Roadmap2. Benefits of Open Access3. LERU Open Access Roadmap4. Documentation to support the Roadmap5. E-Press Interests6. Conclusions


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1. Introduction


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2. Benefits of Open Access

Open Access Benefits

Institutional Provides a front-end to the whole of a University’s research outputSupports marketing for a University’s offering across the globe

PersonalCitation advantage for those who disseminate in Open Access

Society Enables new communities outside Higher Education to view blue-

skies research, e.g. Small/Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Political Decision and Policy Makers will have full access to University’s

research


UCL Ph.D Theses


DART-Europe E-Theses portal for Open Access

Portal for discovery of European research theses in Open Access Run by UCL (University College London) for LIBER At http://www.dart-europe.eu

208,423 research theses available (12 June 2011) from 338 European Universities in 19 European countries

http://www.dart-europe.eu/


Open Access to research theses

Theses freely available in Open Access are more heavily used than paper equivalents

Example: Dublin City University, 2009

518 consultations of paper theses

16,212 downloads for the equivalent digital theses See: Hill, R. and Moyle, M. (2010)

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19955

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19955


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3. LERU Open Access Roadmap

Top-level findings

Open Access can be viewed in the wider context of Open Scholarship and Open Knowledge

Each LERU University could consider appointing a senior Officer to act as Open Access champion

Some LERU Universities are interested in collaborations over Open Access publishing, particularly for Open Access monograph publishing in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences


LERU Open Access Roadmap

Roadmap highlights current LERU practices UCL (University College London) Open Access mandatePublications fund in the University of BarcelonaAward-winning strategy for Open Access in the University

of Zürich Roadmap available via

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1310639/http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/publications/

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1310639/

http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/publications/


Green route

Institutional repositories provide a basis for Open Access approaches (para. 20)

Costs vary from €30,000 - €242,000 per year in the UK (para. 22)

Communications Strategy needed to support advocacy (para. 23)

Universities need to be clear about what type of material is being deposited (para. 25)


Green route

University of Helsinki requires authors to deposit copies of their research articles published in academic journals in HELDA – the institutional repository (para. 25)

Open Access Strategy should be embedded in pan- University Strategies (para. 30) Research Copyright Teaching & Learning


Green route

LERU Universities can consider adopting Open Access mandates at an institutional level (paras 32-34)

Authors should not assign their copyright to publishers Better model is for authors to grant non-exclusive rights to an

author to publish (para. 35)

Research data, once made available in Open Access, opens up opportunities for re-use and collaboration (para. 36)


Green route

There is a gap in the current European infrastructure for long-term secure digital preservation Certainly as concerns Open Access repositories and Open Access

journals LERU, research funders and other stakeholders can work together

to identify what infrastructure is needed and who should provide it (para. 38)


Gold route

Changes are taking place in scholarly publishing across the world and LERU institutions are not exempt (para. 40)

Sustainable Business Models for Gold Open Access publishing need to be developed (para. 42)

Two models currently exist Full Open Access journals Hybrid Journals, which allow Author-Pays charges

Problem of ‘double dipping’ should be addressed (paras 43-4)


Gold route

LERU, perhaps with others, could investigate reductions in Author Payment charges with publishers and membership fees with Open Access publishers (para. 46)

Changes to existing publishing models will incur transition costs

LERU and/or other Universities can work with other stakeholders to leverage funding (para. 48)

LERU institutions can work with Open Access monograph publishers

Particularly where the languages are other than English (para. 49)


Gold route

There is a need for a cross-institutional study to identify University commitments to the current publishing models Authorships Peer reviewingMembership of Editorial Boards

Resulting study would act as a baseline for future developments into the Open Access arena (para. 51)


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4. Documentation to support the Roadmap

At a policy and academic levels EOS (Enabling Open Scholarship)

Materials on Open Access available

Materials available regionally/nationally JISC has advocacy materials which can be re-used

European Workshops to skill key Open Access staff OAI Workshops in Geneva

OAI7 in Geneva 22-24 June 2011

http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6157/open-access


Enabling Open Scholarship


OAI Workshops at the University of Geneva


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E-Press Interests

LERU held a meeting on E-Press initiatives at Oxford University Press in April 2011

LERU members reported on current activities Cambridge University Press found that take-up of Open Access

options was currently low Utrecht currently publishes 18 Open Access journals and is

interested in collaborating in publishing activities Edinburgh University Press feels that the main asset a University

Press has is its brand; the main challenge is a decline in the market


Issues from the Oxford meeting

LERU community of Chief Librarians will develop a plan of work, based on Roadmap and ongoing discussions Smaller University Presses were interested in collaboration LERU members would be invited to meet to discuss collaborations

over the Green route Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences might represent fruitful areas

for collaboration Especially in monograph publishing


Issues from the Oxford meeting

There was interest in LERU publishing further papers on scholarly communication developments

‘Publish or Perish’ syndrome

Metrics, especially alternative metrics on impact

Issues around the ‘Big Deal’ and its consequences

Impact on publishing patterns of external review exercises such as the REF in the UK (Research Excellence Framework)


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Conclusions

Roadmap Towards Open Access agreed by all LERU members

Universities can appoint senior Officer to champion Open Access issues locally

Interest in collaboration amongst smaller LERU University Presses

Particularly in Open Access monograph publishing

Further position papers/studies in a number of areas in Scholarly Communication will be produced by LERU members

LERU Roadmap is a map which all European Universities could use


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Thank you for listening

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