Eifl Open Access Presentation

Eifl Open Access Presentation

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  Open Access: Gainingthe Momentum Buhle Mbambo-Thata Executive Director UNISA Library, (formerly Advisory Board member of eifl.net)
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  Outline of presentationDefinition of open access Impetus of OA Budapest Open access initiative Power of Open Access Eifl Open Access programme Some specific examples of country application Conclude
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  Definition of openaccess In using the term 'open access‘, we mean the free availability of peer-reviewed literature on the public internet, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles. (Budapest Open Access Initiative, February 2002)
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  Driving force behindopen access – Dissatisfaction at all levels Authors : their work is not seen by all their peers – do not receive the recognition they deserve Readers : cannot view all research literature they need – less effective Libraries : cannot satisfy information needs of their users
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  Open Access Whatis it? Call for free, unrestricted access on the public internet to the literature that scholars give to the world without expectation of payment . Why? Widen dissemination, accelerate research, enrich education, share learning amongst all nations, enhance return on taxpayer investment in research. How? Use existing funds to pay for dissemination , not access .
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  Budapest Open AccessInitiative ( February 2002) Two complementary strategies: Self-Archiving : Scholars should be able to deposit their refereed journal articles in open electronic archives which conform to Open Archives Initiative standards – Directory of Open Access Repositories ( http://www.opendoar.org/ ) lists 1158 repositories Open-Access Journals : Journals will not charge subscriptions or fees for online access. Instead, they should look to other sources to fund peer-review and publication (e.g., publication charges) - Lund Directory of Open Access Journals ( http://www.doaj.org/ ) – lists 3441 peer-reviewed open access journals http://www.soros.org/openaccess/
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  The Power ofOpen Access – Self Archiving For 72% of papers published in the Astrophysical Journal free versions of the paper are available (mainly through ArXiv) These 72% of papers are, on average, cited twice as often as the remaining 28% that do not have free versions. Greg Schwarz Tim Brody from Southampton has shown that papers for which there is also a free version available have, on average, greater citations than those that are only available through subscriptions http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study
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  The Power ofOpen Access – Journals Open access PNAS papers have 50% more full-text downloads than non-open access papers http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0505/msg01580.html … and are on average twice as likely to be cited http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157
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  Open Access PoliciesAs the public policy agenda develops we are seeing an increasing number of policies relating to open access from: Research groups Universities Research centers Funding bodies Governments National and international bodies
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  Funding Bodies -The Future The last three years has seen funding agencies in Europe and US begin to take an interest in open access They see dissemination as part of the research process and publication costs as research costs We will continue to see increasing high-level support for open access We can expect further policy statements over the next year, some of which will mandate deposit in suitable repositories These policies and high-level support will underpin work on institutional repositories
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  Self-Archiving Policies ResearchOrganisations: CERN – Requires researchers to deposit papers in the CERN repository CNRS (Centre National de la recherche scientifique) Institutions: the University of Helsinki, Finland – June 2008 Harvard University – February 2008 Queensland University of Technology Bielefeld University University of Bremen University of Hamburg Universidade do Minho University of Southampton Case Western Reserve University University of Oslo Summary By Type ( http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php ): 4 DEPARTMENTAL Mandates 4 Proposed FUNDER Mandates 22 FUNDER Mandates 1 Proposed INSTITUTIONAL Mandates 18 INSTITUTIONAL Mandates 2 Proposed MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL Mandates 44 TOTAL Mandates 7 TOTAL Proposed Mandates
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  Funder policies -mandates Australian Research Council National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) European Research Council (ERC) Agence Nationale de la recherche (France) Health Research Board (HRB) of Ireland Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology Swiss National Science Foundation Arthritis Research Foundation, UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK British Heart Foundation Cancer Research UK Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Executive Health Department) Department of Health (UK) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee), UK Medical Research Council (MRC), UK National Environmental Research Council (NERC), UK Science & Technology Facilities Council, UK Wellcome Trust, UK National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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  Proposed Funder mandatesEuropean Commission European Research Advisory Board (EURAB) European University Association (EUA) National Knowledge Commission, India Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), USA
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  Open Access –A Policy Issue Open Access policies are: Welcomed by authors Complied with by authors Compatible with copyright and respect authors’ moral rights Compatible with patent registration Respectful of academic and intellectual freedoms Aligned with the aims of most funding bodies and institutions Effective!
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  What Institutions AreDoing Self-archiving: Set-up and maintain institutional repository. Help faculty deposit their research papers, new & old, digitizing if necessary. Implement open-access policies Open-access journals: Help promote open access journals launched at their institution become known externally. Ensure scholars at their institution know how to find open access journals and archives in their fields. Support open access journal ‘institutional memberships’ (e.g. BioMedCentral, PLoS) Engage with politicians and funding bodies to raise the issue of open access http://www.createchange.org/
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  Open Access –Appealing to All the Major Stakeholders To the funders of researcher – both as a public service and as an increased return on their investment in research To the authors – as it gives wider dissemination and impact To readers – as it gives them access to all primary literature, making the most important ‘research tool’ more powerful To editors and reviewers – as they feel their work is more valued To the libraries – as it allows them to meet the information needs of their users To the institutions – as it increases their presence and prestige To small and society publishers – as it gives them a survival strategy and fits with their central remit
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  electronic Information forLibraries www.eIFL.net Enabling access to knowledge through libraries in developing and transition countries 48 Member countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Kosova, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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  eIFL.net programs 1+1=More and better. The benefits of library consortia Advocating for affordable and fair access to commercially produced scholarly resources Advocacy for access to knowledge: copyright and libraries Open access publishing and the building of institutional repositories of local content Promoting free and open source software for libraries Strengthening Intellectual Property rights Promoting a culture of cooperation: knowledge and information sharing
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  eIFL-OA seeks toenhance access to research, thereby accelerating innovation and economic development in the countries participating in the eIFL network eIFL-OA Program builds networks of Open Access repositories, Open Access journals, Open Access education materials ; provides training and advice on Open Access policies and practices; empowers library professionals, scientists and scholars, educators and students to become open access advocates. eIFL Open Access Program
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  Some eg.implementation - Ukraine Since January 2007 Ukraine has a law - proposed mandate for open access to publicly funded research. It was widely supported by most of the Parliament members. And it is already the second parliamentary inquiry mandating the Cabinet of Ministers to take actions on creating favourable conditions for developing open access repositories in archives, libraries, museums, scientific and research institutions with open access condition to state funded research. Law of Ukraine On the principles of developing information society in Ukraine for 2007-20015 at www.rada.gov.ua
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  Some examples –South Africa (cont.) the Academy of Science (ASSAF) Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa (CSPiSA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has dedicated a substantial three-year budget to fund the implementation of ASSAF's recommendations for the development of scholarly publication in South Africa - a 'gold route' Open Access approach to journal publishing in South Africa.
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  Conclusion The openaccess movement seeks to develop connections between research and policy in developing and transitional countries. It has also partnered with like minded organisations in Western countries to promote Open Access and link open access to research.
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  Thank you !Questions ? [email_address]