open access in south africa

Open Access in

South Africa New roles and responsibilities for new imperatives

Ina Smith

23 September 2014

SA Bill of Rights (SA Constitution)

Everybody has the right to …

Information

Education

http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/bill-of-rights/Infomration

http://www.belgrade-meu.org/beum-herald/











Human Development Index

Country HDI Life

expectancy

Expected

years of

schooling

Gross

national

income per

capita ($)

1 Norway 0.944 81.5 17.6 63.909

57 Russian

Federation

0.778 68.0 14.0 22.617

79 Brazil 0.744 73.9 15.2 14.275

91 China 0.719 75.3 12.9 11.477

118 South Africa 0.658 56.9 13.1 11.788

135 India 0.586 66.4 11.7 5.150

United Nations Development Programme (2014) http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-1-human-development-index-and-its-components

long and healthy life - access to knowledge - decent standard of living

http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-1-human-development-index-and-its-components















Opening access to information for a

better educated nation, that has a

higher life expectancy …

“Universities and researchers are

coming under increasing pressure to

demonstrate the wider impact that their funded research has beyond the

end of the research project.”

Manchester Univ. eScholar Blog (2012)

Crises in education … “Provide long-

term solutions to the deep-seated educational and publishing crises in

Africa.” (Raju et al. 2014)

Open Access for SA

“Open access promotes the distribution of

scholarly literature for the growth and

development of research and society -

connecting researcher, society and development.” (Raju et al. 2014)

“The issue of connectedness highlights the fact

that the research process is only complete

when the end product is distributed as widely as

possible.” (Raju et al. 2014)

Open Access Journals

Open Access Journals

Systems support: software installation,

upgrades, back-up’s, digital preservation

Training and continuous support,

communication

Identify and implement new trends, e.g.

ORCID (South African Journal of Library

and Information Science)

Identify opportunities to increase visibility

Demonstrating impact

Open Access Repositories

http://opendoar.org

http://opendoar.org/

Institutional Repositories

Institutional repositories are becoming the

mainstream responsibility of the library (Raju

et al. 2014)

Number of institutions have developed

roles with responsibility specifically for the

institution’s repository

Job titles: Repository

Administrator/Manager/ Scholarly

Communications Manager

Repository management - extension of

the role and responsibility of the Systems

Librarian, Acquisitions Librarian, Research

Librarian, Law Librarian and Specialist:

Records, Management and Archival

Services

Understanding of …

Scholarly communication practices of

individual disciplines, even as they are

rapidly evolving

Scholars’ use of pre-publication research

material

Support pace of scientific discovery,

encourage innovation, enrich education,

stimulate economy

Responsibilities Solicit prime research output for ingestion into

repositories

Advocate for OA & publishing in OA journals

Influence the development of alternative metrics (Altmetrics)

Interpret & apply copyright, publishers’ restrictions and embargoes – clear rights

Creative Commons Licenses

Negotiate rights with publishers

Protect & preserve local content – strengthen intellectual capacity

Identify OA resources to address needs

Evaluate resources – quality information

‘Uploaders’- sharing information

Improving usage and impact of research output

Research Data Management

Development of policies for the collection and dissemination of published research output either in pre-print, post-print or the publisher’s version format

Task force on librarians’

competencies …

… in support of e-research and scholarly communication

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)

Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER)

Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)

https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/support-and-training/

task-force-competencies/

https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/support-and-training/task-force-competencies/













Task force scope of work

Identify service areas for libraries within the

context of e-research, repository

management & scholarly communication

Map the services & roles to the competencies

required by librarians and library professionals

Note array of organizational models evolving

to support new services

Produce a toolkit that will help to build

capacity in libraries for supporting new roles

(Kuchma et al. 2014)

Competency areas

Research Data Management (RDM)

Scholarly Communication & Open Access

(OA)

Digital Humanities (DH)


Competency area: Research Data Management (RDM)

Core competencies

Providing access to data

Advocacy & support for managing data

Managing data collections

Related service areas & roles

OA & institutional repositories, collection development, advisory services (copyright, policies, etc.), information literacy, digital curation, digital preservation, digital collections


To work with

Digital Repository Librarian, Subject

Librarian, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Digital

Humanities Librarian


Competency area: Scholarly Communication & OA

Core competencies

Scholarly publishing services

Copyright & OA advocacy & outreach

Scholarly resource assessment


Research data management, collection

development, advisory services (copyright,

policies, etc.), information literacy


To work with





Competency area: Digital Humanities (DH)

Core competencies

Scholarly communication & publishing

Technical services & collection management

Digital lifecycle information management

Client engagement & training


Repository Manager, Data Manager & Scholarly Communication Librarian


To work with





Next … Reviewing draft profiles & engaging in

describing other service areas: Digital preservation: Digital Curation, Metadata, Research Support, Instructional Services, Repository Management, Digital Initiatives, Technology Services

Clustering competencies/specializations

Developing an online toolkit that will allow library managers

Provide an outline of new organizational models for libraries


Recommendations

All librarians – OA not exclusive

Training & self-learning (lifelong learners)

More collaboration between institutions,

e.g. SEALS Consortium to overcome

logistical issues

“We think of ourselves far too frequently as

just individuals, separated from one

another, whereas you are connected and

what you do affects the whole world. When

you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole

of humanity”.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

South African librarians …

The future is OPEN

Bibliography Kuchma, I et al., Librarians’ Competencies in Support of

E-Research and Scholarly Communication, LIBER 43rd

Annual Conference, Riga July 4, 2014

Raju, R, Raju, J & Smith, I, 2014, South Africa: the role of

open access in promoting local content, increasing its

usage and impact and protecting it [unpublished]

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