Open Access 2013Developments in the world of OA for the past 12 months

Ruth Quinn. Director Library ServicesOctober 2013

OA gets popular

OA Statements galore: G8 Ministers of Science statement: https://

www.gov.uk/government/publications/g8-science-ministers-statement-london-12-june-2013 Global Research Council: http://www.globalresearchcouncil.org/meetings/2013-meeting UNESCO OA Policy:

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-access-to-scientific-information/

World Bank OA Policy: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23164491~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Science Europe: http://www.scienceeurope.org/ European Commission: http://

ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1294&lang=1 RCUK Policy: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx HEFCE proposal (UK): http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/ Finch Report (UK): http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ White House policy (US): http://

www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research Irish National Principles on OA: http://

www.iua.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/National-Principles-on-Open-Access-Policy-Statement-FINAL-23-Oct-2012-v1-3.pdf

Indian Council of Agricultural Research OA Policy: http://icar.org.in/en/node/6609

OA gets popular

In Australia:

The National Research Investment Plan refers to OA in Action 6 – new govt?

Universities Australia – A Smarter Australia

NHMRC & ARC Statements / Mandates

OA gets popular

Open Access Monographs

Knowledge UnlatchedUnglue.itOpen Educational Resources

Open Datahttp://data.gov.auhttp://www.ausgoal.gov.au/http://researchdata.ands.org.au/

OA gets complicated

Green is best!

Self archiving.Published article, or the final peer-review

manuscript is archived by the researcher in an institutional online repository before, after or alongside its publication.

Embargo periods need to be considered but can be overcome.

OA gets complicated

Gold OA

◦APCs◦Hybrid OA

BioMed Central PLOS

◦OUP Oxford Open◦American Inst Physics Author Select◦Wiley Open Access Accounts

…and more complicated

Titanium

◦Reliance on Social Networking

◦Mendeley – alternative to Endnote, but has potential to be more – OA by default

◦ResearchGate – FB for researchers

….and more complicated

Diamond

◦For non-commercial, non-profit, academic institutions, associations.

◦Digital format – pay for print.◦Free of charge for readers and authors, no

publication fees, no APCs.◦Does not allow commercial and for-profit re-

use.

…..and more complicated

Predatory Publishers

Beall’s List: http://schoarlyoa.com/publishers

OA at CDU

What’s happening at CDU?

eSpace is OA, self submissionDraft Policies: RDM, OA, IRAssistance to Researchers

◦http://libguides.cdu.edu.au/OpenAccess2013◦http://libguides.cdu.edu.au/research_support◦Advice on publishing options