Increasing access to and preserving institutional research assets: an Open Access approach
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Increasing access to and preserving institutional research assets: an
Open Access approachIna Smith
Presented during the Annual DATAD Conference, 24-26 August 2016, AAU & Lupane State
University, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Agenda
• Setting the scene: Open Access (OA)• Demonstrating support for OA
• Strategy• Berlin Declaration• Statement• Policy
• Approaches to OA• Open Access Journals (Gold)• Open Access Institutional Repositories
(Green)
Open Access (OA) defined (policy)
All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download,
copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the research items, or use them for any other lawful purpose,
without asking prior permission from the institution, copyright owner, publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI
definition of Open Access.
Who needs OA?
• Scientists/scholars not affiliated with institutions
• Students in (high/secondary) schools• Physicians• Health care workers/practitioners• Patient groups• And MANY MANY more!
Why OA?• (State) funded research should be available
to all• More exposure• More citations• More review / control post-publication• Better quality science• More efficiency - less double studies• Everybody can participate in knowledge creation• More use of innovation potential, entrepreneurs• And more …
Why OA?
Jack Andraka- Tapping into the hidden innovator: an open access story
How Open Access Empowered a 16-Year-Old to Make Cancer Breakthrough
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cdc-scientist-admits-destroyed-data-showed-vaccines-caused-autism-children/#cZz6lzEjivPoTZ80.99
Why OA?
Gomez is a Colombian graduate student who shared an academic paper without permission online and received a criminal copyright complaint from the author.
If convicted, Gomez faces a 4-8 year prison sentence and a significant monetary fine.
“Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a
path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property
landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in
good faith, wants to use our technology.” – Elon Musk, CEO
Date Downloads
Nov 2013 984
May 2014 1 534
Oct 2015 2 289
Aug 2016 2 486
http://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings
In a statement released by Linda Jarvis, Chief Financial Officer at Wits, her office explains the increase:“Some of the key reasons are:The rand-dollar exchange rate has fallen by approximately 22%, which has resulted in a substantial increase in the amount of money that we pay for all library books, journals, electronic resources research equipment that are procured in dollars and euros.”
http://connect.citizen.co.za/25760/why-is-wits-raising-its-fees/
SA Subscription Costs• SA Univ. research output 2000-2013 increased by
250%• R24 bill. spent on research & development 2000-
2013 (50%+ from tax payer)• SA HEIs paid R470 million to national and
international publishers for subscription fees to academic journals in 2014
• Double-dipping: Article Processing Charges & Subscription
• Top South African university + R30 mill. for 2016
Publisher profits published in 2013
Publisher profits published in 2014
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151117/09383132839/elsevier-says-downloading-content-mining-licensed-copies-research-papers-could-be-considered-stealing.shtml
http://chronicle.com/article/What-a-Mass-Exodus-at-a/234066
How to demonstrate support?• Institutional strategy• Sign the Berlin Declaration• Issue a statement• Implement a policy
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Strategy• Long term plan of action to achieve a
specific goal• Align library strategy with overall
institutional strategy• Actions, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)• Example strategic objective:
To increase the visibility, accessibility and impact of Zimbabwean research output
About the Berlin Declaration• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to
Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
• Announcement of support in terms of Open Access
• 565 signatories • SA: 17; Africa: 46• Africa: http://tinyurl.com/zjezaza • All: https://openaccess.mpg.de/319790/Signatories
About the Berlin Declaration• Top-level institutional representative
email Max Planck Society - email:[email protected]
• http://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration
OA defined by Berlin Declaration• “We define open access as a comprehensive source of human knowledge and cultural heritage that has been approved by the scientific community.”
• “In order to realize the vision of a global and accessible representation of knowledge, the future Web has to be sustainable, interactive, and transparent. Content and software tools must be openly accessible and compatible.”
http://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration
Berlin Declaration (1)“The author(s) and right holder(s) of such contributions grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship …”
Berlin Declaration (2)
“A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in an appropriate standard electronic format is deposited (and thus published) in at least one online repository using suitable technical standards …”
Open Access Statement
• Clear expression of requirements – recommendations in terms of Open Access
• Policy statement – formal document outlining the ways in which an institution intends to support Open Access, manage research output and act in specific circumstances
• Publicly make funders, researchers aware of intent, view
Example Open Access Statements• IFLA Statement on Open Access
http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/news/documents/ifla-statement-on-open-access.pdf
• Statement on Open Access to research publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-funded researchhttp://www.nrf.ac.za/media-room/news/statement-open-access-research-publications-national-research-foundation-nrf-funded
Strong vs Weak
What is a “policy”?
“A definite course or method of action selected (by governments, institutions, groups, individuals) from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions.”“A high-level overall plan embracing the general goals and acceptable procedures especially of a governmental body.”(Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
What is a “policy”? (cont.)Fox and Meyer (1995: 107) define policy as “authoritative statements made by legitimate public institutions about the way in which they propose to deal with policy problems”. Anderson (1997:9), as based on the work of political scientist Carl J. Friedrich, defines policy as “a proposed course of action of a person, group, or government within a given environment providing obstacles and opportunities which the policy was proposed to utilize and overcome in an effort to reach a goal or realize an objective”.
What is a “policy”? (cont.)
• Open Access Policy Advisory Group – involve research community
• Revisit policy from time to time (annually)
• Ratified by highest governing body• National: Parliament (government)• Institutional: Council/Board
Policy = Principles + Objectives + Decisions
Policy = Decision-making framework to achieve a desired outcome, in the interest of a specific community
Policy = Response to the changing world we find ourselves in
Policy needs to be aligned
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Policy = Followed by procedures, guidelines, processes, planning
Policy = Strategic & long term; Planning = operational within specific timeframes
Policies change, needs to be revisited, adapted in line with change
Policy can be enforced
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Human rights and OA• Principle: Right to access information
(Constitution)• UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 59(I),
stating, “Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and ... the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated.”
• Problem: High subscription costs & research funded with tax payer’s money
• Objective: Policy to open up access to information funded with tax payer’s money
Stages of Policy Process (John W Kingdon)
Problem Identification
Policy Formulation
Policy Adoption
Policy Implement
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Policy Evaluation
Policy Advisory CommitteeTerms of Reference
Policy implementations promoting OASource: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215863e.pdf
Harvard UniversitySource: https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/policies/
Policy implementations promoting OASource: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215863e.pdf
National Health Institute OA Policy
Policy implementations promoting OASource: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215863e.pdf
Wellcome Trust OA Policy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Open Access policies resource
http://roarmap.eprints.org
Status of Open Access policies
http://roarmap.eprints.org/dataviz.html
Policies on Open Access in Africa
Open Access policy effectiveness
Open Access policy guidelines
Elements of an effective Open Access policy (1)• https://goo.gl/QxkD5Q• Mandatory policy/not mandatory
• Articles must be deposited in IR at time of acceptance for publication in journal – manage embargoes
• Version: final peer-reviewed version, with final corrections(post-print, galley, author’s version, publishers version)
• Stipulating how OA should be provided:• When & where (IRs) research articles must be deposited • Publishing in OA journal
• Length of permitted embargo• Must become OA when embargo expires
Elements of an effective Open Access policy (2)• Whether waivers may be granted
• Depositing in IR cannot be waived – must be deposited at point specified by policy
• Conditions under which publication charges may be paid
• Sanctions when non-compliance• Deposit in IR linked with research
assessment/performance evaluation procedures• Specific requirements regarding licensing –
authors retain certain rights over their work• Cannot be waived
Guidelines to an effective Open Access policyhttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Good_practices_for_university_open-access_policies
Alma Swan – Policy Guidelines for the development and promotion of open accesshttp://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215863e.pdf
Open Access Policy Templates• Harvard University examplehttps://osc.hul.harvard.edu/assets/files/model-policy-annotated_01_2013.pdf
• Columbia University Scholarly Communication Programme
http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ColumbiaOAPolicyTemplate.doc
ActivityUse one of the template policy documents, and adapt for your institution.
https://goo.gl/QxkD5Q >> policies
• Open scholarly repositories• Open scholarly journals• Open scholarly monographs• Open scholarly science• Open scholarly conference proceedings
• Open data set repositories• Open Educational Resources (OERs)• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Approaches to Open Access
Open Access Repositories (Green)
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php
Publisher Policies
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php
Funder Policies
Open Scholarly Repositories (Green)
https://repository.unam.edu.na/
Open Access Journals (Gold)
Centrally, publicly and internationally available community-curated database of high quality open access journal titles across all disciplines (scientific/scholarly)
doaj.org
Open Scholarly Journals (Gold)
Open Scholarly Journals (Gold)
Open Scholarly Monographs
Every part of the scientific method is nowadays becoming an open, collaborative, and participative process:• Transparency in experimental methodology,
observation, and collection of data• Public availability and reusability of scientific
data• Public accessibility and transparency of
scientific communication• Using web-based tools to facilitate scientific
collaboration
Open Science
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Online self-paced courses for librarians
Open Educational Resources (OERs)
https://www.oercommons.org/
Intellectual Property Rights
• Exclusive rights to the creative work, commercial symbol, or invention which is covered by it – remains with owner/creator
• IP Policy at your institution• Permission obtained from rights holder• DC Element “Rights” – individual items
• Add “Rights”- document/ file together with item• Copyright/ Rights note for Collection/
Community
Copyright
• IP Policy for institution• Agreement between student/researcher
& institution• Work agreement between employee &
employer• Theses/Dissertations: Institution• Articles: rights reside with
author/institution – do not sign away to publisher
Author Rights• Educate researchers not sign IP/Copyright away• Researchers can add addendum to article
http://www.sparc.arl.org/resources/authors/addendum
• Three approaches to determine rights:– Publisher policy on SHERPA RoMEO – else;– Visit publishers’ web site– Contact publisher directly and obtain
permission/ negotiate – archive letter of consent on your IR
Consent letter to publisher
Licensing
License stored with each item – Submitter grants license
“By submitting this license, you (the owner of the rights) or on behalf of the owner of the rights, grants to the University of Pretoria the non-exclusive right to reproduce, translate (as defined below), and/or distribute your submission (including the abstract) worldwide in print and electronic format and in any medium, including but not limited to audio or video.”
Creative Commons Licenseshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Limiting access in DSpaceAssign policies on community, collection, item or bitstream (file) level
Supporting web page for IR
ActivityExplore the Ranking Web of Repositorieshttp://repositories.webometrics.info/
• Visit a few high performing IRs • Which IRs from Africa are listed?• How do they compare?• Visit: http://
wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Ranking • DATAD Project: Monitor ranking of all
African IRs?
Thank you!Ina SmithSciELO Planning Manager, [email protected]