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Scholarly Communications
A System in Crisis
Scholarly Communications
A System in CrisisLee C. Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries, Grand Valley State UniversityLee C. Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries, Grand Valley State University
Eventually, Steve looked up. His mother was nowhere in sight and this was certainly no longer the toy department.
Gary Larson
Eventually, Steve looked up. His mother was nowhere in sight and this was certainly no longer the toy department.
Gary Larson
The Scholarly Communications System evolved over centuries to
evaluate/certify
The Scholarly Communications System evolved over centuries to
evaluate/certifyregister
disseminatecreate access tools
archive
register disseminate
create access toolsarchive
the intellectual outputs of scholarsthe intellectual outputs of scholars
evaluate/certify
evaluate/certify
registerregister
archive archive
scholars scholars
secondary publisherssecondary publisherslibrarieslibraries
create access tools
create access tools
disseminatedisseminate
scholarly societies & commercial publishers
scholarly societies & commercial publishers
evaluate/certify
evaluate/certify
registerregister
archive archive
create access tools
create access tools
disseminatedisseminate
scholars
scholarly societies
publishers
libraries
scholars
scholarly societies
publishers
libraries
Net Paradox # 1
1.2 million articles given to publishers each year for free
1.2 million articles given to publishers each year for free
Institutions supplying the
articles cannot afford to buy
them back
Institutions supplying the
articles cannot afford to buy
them back
Net Paradox # 2
Web removed barriers
Web removed barriers
(by providing global, accessible, reliable, affordable network)
(by providing global, accessible, reliable, affordable network)
More barriers
appeared
More barriers
appeared(copyright extensions, license restrictions, loss of fair use doctrine for online content, prohibitive costs)
(copyright extensions, license restrictions, loss of fair use doctrine for online content, prohibitive costs)
Net Paradox # 3
Cost of added distribution on internet near zero
Cost of added distribution on internet near zero
Little or no drop in cost of
online only
Little or no drop in cost of
online only
State of scholarly communications:State of scholarly communications:
• Knowledge output is increasing
• Access is decreasing
• Market is unsustainable economicallylibrary budgets are tapped out
publisher sales are flattening
sales growth coming from mergers
• Disruption is clearest in scientific disciplines
• Disruption has spread to journals in all disciplines and to monographs
• Knowledge output is increasing
• Access is decreasing
• Market is unsustainable economicallylibrary budgets are tapped out
publisher sales are flattening
sales growth coming from mergers
• Disruption is clearest in scientific disciplines
• Disruption has spread to journals in all disciplines and to monographs
Status quo not possible
Status quo not possible
Economic shifts unavoidable Economic shifts unavoidable
Internet yet to be exploited Internet yet to be exploited
Change the Market Change the Market
Change the Academy Change the Academy
Change Public Policy Change Public Policy
peer-reviewed articles per yearpeer-reviewed articles per year
24,00024,000peer-reviewed journalspeer-reviewed journals
750K to 1.2M750K to 1.2M
The Market The Market
earned by top 6:earned by top 6:
$ 16.1 Billion$ 16.1 Billionrevenues in 2006revenues in 2006
$ 5.8 Billion (36%) $ 5.8 Billion (36%) Elsevier, Kluwer Health, Springer, American Chemical
Society, John Wiley, and Blackwell (merged with Wiley in 2007)
Elsevier, Kluwer Health, Springer, American Chemical Society, John Wiley, and Blackwell (merged with Wiley in
2007)
Steelmakers
Auto manufacturers Consumers
Steel
$$
Cars
$$
Authors
Readers
JournalsArticles Publisher
s $$$$
A peculiar marketA peculiar market
dollarsdollars citationscitations
9%
91%
62%
38%
A peculiar marketA peculiar market
Peculiar Market: Exhibit APeculiar Market: Exhibit A
CPI up 57%CPI up 57%
Average serial price up 227%Average serial price up 227%
Average book price up 65%Average book price up 65%
Change the Market Change the Market
Challenge pricing power of publishers
Challenge pricing power of publishers
Competition (SPARC)Cancellations
Consortia purchasesRegulation
Competition (SPARC)Cancellations
Consortia purchasesRegulation
Raise prices
Bundle journals
Multi-yr contracts
Buy up other publishers
Raise prices
Bundle journals
Multi-yr contracts
Buy up other publishers
The open movementThe open movement
Open source
Open data
Open science
Open education
Open source
Open data
Open science
Open education
Open AccessOpen Access
Open AccessOpen Access
Online
Permanent
Free to all readers
Free of most use restrictions with proper attribution
Online
Permanent
Free to all readers
Free of most use restrictions with proper attribution
Open Access journalsOpen Access journals
OA archivingOA archivingOA publishingOA publishing
Authors
Free to Readers
JournalsArticles Publisher
s
• Grant/Research Foundation funding
• Subsidy: Author/Institution pays
• Subscription to non-research content
• Advertising
Open Access business modelsOpen Access business models
Change the Market Change the Market
Prove that OA business models
are financially viable
Prove that OA business models
are financially viable
Experiment with hybrid OA business models
Experiment with hybrid OA business models
Full OA journalsFull OA journals
are peer-reviewed Open Access journalsare peer-reviewed Open Access journals
Full OA by the NumbersFull OA by the Numbers
24,00024,000peer-reviewed journalspeer-reviewed journals
3,3093,309
Hybrid OA journalsHybrid OA journals
Hybrid OA by the Numbers
Hybrid OA by the Numbers
• Every major publisher offers a hybrid OA option to its authors• Every major publisher offers a hybrid OA option to its authors
• 19 scholarly societies publish 74 hybrid OA journals• 19 scholarly societies publish 74 hybrid OA journals
New Models of Publishing
Elsevier’s OA experiment
Change the Market Change the Market
Change the Academy Change the Academy
Change Public Policy Change Public Policy
Change the AcademyChange the Academy
From Alma Swan “The Culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses”From Alma Swan “The Culture of Open Access: researchers’ views and responses”
Financial reward
Communicate results to peers
Advance career
Personal prestige
Gain funding
Why scholars publish
(Data: Brody & Harnad 2004; Hajjem et al. 2005)(Data: Brody & Harnad 2004; Hajjem et al. 2005)
Open Access increases citations
% increase in citations with Open Access
Open Access journalsOpen Access journals
OA archivingOA archivingOA publishingOA publishing
Self-archivingSelf-archiving
62%62%of publishers allow itof publishers allow it
Self-archiving by the Numbers
Self-archiving by the Numbers1,000+ 1,000+
Institutional Repositories worldwideInstitutional Repositories worldwide
12+ million records12+ million records
indexed by Google Scholarindexed by Google Scholar
Self-archiving mandatesSelf-archiving mandates
Harvard Faculty MandateHarvard Faculty Mandate
February 2008February 2008
Harvard A&S facultyHarvard A&S faculty• require each other to reserve some copyrights
• expect to deposit manuscript in Harvard’s institutional repository upon publication of article
• intend to publish to the world—for free
• require each other to reserve some copyrights
• expect to deposit manuscript in Harvard’s institutional repository upon publication of article
• intend to publish to the world—for free
people.seas.harvard.edu/~nansun/
CopyrightsCopyrights• We give publishers more rights than they need• We give publishers more rights than they need• Then we can’t use and re-purpose our own works without permission• Then we can’t use and re-purpose our own works without permission
• And we may not be allowed to use in classrooms, orpost in institutional/disciplinary repository, or re-use portions in other works
• And we may not be allowed to use in classrooms, orpost in institutional/disciplinary repository, or re-use portions in other works
Author Addendum: a way to compromise
Author Addendum: a way to compromise
www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtmlwww.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtml
www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtmlwww.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtml
Scholarly Societies & Their Publications
Scholarly Societies & Their Publications
Disseminate?Disseminate?
Create income?Create income?
Change the Academy Change the Academy
The Dilemma of the American Anthropological
Society
The Dilemma of the American Anthropological
Society
The Society AdvantageThe Society Advantage
Costs non-profit publisher to publish an article Costs non-profit publisher to publish an article
$ 3,400$ 3,400
$ 730$ 730
Costs commercial publisher to publish an article Costs commercial publisher to publish an article
Roger Clarke, The Cost profiles of alternative approaches to journal publishing, First Monday, 3 December 2007
Roger Clarke, The Cost profiles of alternative approaches to journal publishing, First Monday, 3 December 2007
Scholarly SocietiesScholarly Societies
427*427*
496 496 Scholarly Societies publishScholarly Societies publish
peer-reviewed full Open Access journalspeer-reviewed full Open Access journals
* 83% charge NO author fees at all* 83% charge NO author fees at all
Tighten embargos Tighten embargos
Sow disinformationSow disinformationManage copyrights
Self-archiveSupport new publishing models
Hold scholarly societies accountable
Reform faculty rewards system
Shun price-gouging publishers
Manage copyrights
Self-archiveSupport new publishing models
Hold scholarly societies accountable
Reform faculty rewards system
Shun price-gouging publishers
Hold fast to IP rights & to authors/editorsHold fast to IP rights & to authors/editors
Change the AcademyChange the Academy
Court society journals
Court society journals
Change the Market Change the Market
Change the Academy Change the Academy
Change Public Policy Change Public Policy
The Principle:
Open Access to publicly-funded research The Principle:
Open Access to publicly-funded research
A worldwide movementA worldwide movement
Supported by patient advocacy groups, libraries, research funding agencies, legislators, universities
Supported by patient advocacy groups, libraries, research funding agencies, legislators, universities
Movement’s poster child:
the NIHMovement’s poster child:
the NIH
$ 28 Billion$ 28 Billionresearch grants each yearresearch grants each year
peer-reviewed articles each yearpeer-reviewed articles each year80,00080,000
NIH MandateNIH Mandate
• Article from NIH funding?
• Accepted by peer-reviewed journal?
• Manuscript must be deposited immediately upon publication in PubMed Central
• Manuscript to become OA within 12 months
• Article from NIH funding?
• Accepted by peer-reviewed journal?
• Manuscript must be deposited immediately upon publication in PubMed Central
• Manuscript to become OA within 12 months
NIH MandateNIH Mandate
We, the taxpayers, just gained free access to about
80,000 health-related journal articles a year, and no more
than 12 months after publication
We, the taxpayers, just gained free access to about
80,000 health-related journal articles a year, and no more
than 12 months after publication
Change Public Policy Change Public Policy
Lobby vs. OA for publicly- funded researchLobby vs. OA for publicly- funded research
Granting agencies funding OA, some with direct payments to publishers
Granting agencies funding OA, some with direct payments to publishers
NIHNIHResearch Councils UKResearch Councils UK
FRPAAFRPAA
EU Research CouncilEU Research Council
OA Mandates:OA Mandates:
Change Public Policy Change Public Policy
Resistance to ChangeResistance to Change
What Were They Thinking?
The PRISM Debacle
What Were They Thinking?
The PRISM Debacle
Change the market Change the market
Change the academy Change the academy
Change public policy Change public policy
Scholarly Communications
A System in Flux
Scholarly Communications
A System in FluxPeer review as
confidential, linear, and fixed process
Peer review as confidential, linear, and fixed process
Peer review as community, circular
and ongoing process
Peer review as community, circular
and ongoing process
Scholarly Communications
A System in Crisis
Scholarly Communications
A System in CrisisStockholder-driven
economicsStockholder-driven
economicsStakeholder-driven
economicsStakeholder-driven
economics
Scholarly Communications
A System in Crisis
Scholarly Communications
A System in CrisisPay to viewPay to view Pay to publishPay to publish
Scholarly Communications
A System in Flux
Scholarly Communications
A System in FluxLibrary (University)
subsidizing publisher profits
Library (University) subsidizing
publisher profits
Library (University) subsidizing costs of
publishing
Library (University) subsidizing costs of
publishing
Scholarly Communications
A System in Flux
Scholarly Communications
A System in FluxJournals online mimic print journals
Journals online mimic print journals
Journals online exploiting web 2.0
applications
Journals online exploiting web 2.0
applications
Scholarly Communications
A System in Flux
Scholarly Communications
A System in FluxChanges in system driven by economic
necessity
Changes in system driven by economic
necessity
Changes in system driven by change in scholarly practice & public expectations
Changes in system driven by change in scholarly practice & public expectations
Roles for Librarians:Roles for Librarians:
Encourage faculty activism
Facilitate faculty compliance with self-archiving mandates
Create institutional repository
Support OA publishing models
Consider publishing OA journal with interested faculty
Encourage faculty activism
Facilitate faculty compliance with self-archiving mandates
Create institutional repository
Support OA publishing models
Consider publishing OA journal with interested faculty
Roles for Faculty :Roles for Faculty :
Manage copyrights
Self-archive
Resist gouging publishers
Explore new publication models/partnerships
Hold scholarly societies accountable to mission
Support OA policies for publicly-funded research
Manage copyrights
Self-archive
Resist gouging publishers
Explore new publication models/partnerships
Hold scholarly societies accountable to mission
Support OA policies for publicly-funded research
Lee C. Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries, Grand Valley State University
Questions?Questions?Comments?Comments?
Scholarly CommunicationsA System in Crisis
Scholarly CommunicationsA System in Crisis
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