Publisher’s afternoonWith special reference to open access publishing

Johanna Björkroth

Vice Dean of research and researcher training

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Why Open Access (OA)?

Berlin Declaration on OA to Knowledge in the

Sciences and Humanities 2003. Internet as an emerging functional medium for

distributing knowledge

Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only half

complete if the information is not made widely and

readily available to society.

We define OA as a comprehensive source of human

knowledge and cultural heritage that has been approved

by the scientific community.

Open access (OA) statements

Budapest OA initiative 2002

Berlin Declaration on OA to knowledge in the sciences and

the humanities 2003 Signed by the University of Helsinki

Bethesda Statement on OA publishing 2003

Petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded (EC)

research results 26025 signatories from all over the world

An Open Letter to the U.S. Congress, July 8, 2007 Signed

by 26 Nobel Prize Winners

National OA policy framework in Finland

Recommendations for the promotion of OA in scientific

publishing in Finland (Ministry of Education; report 2005) forms

the frame for activities Funding agencies (i.e. Academy of Finland and National

Technology Agency in Finland (Tekes))

Universities and research institutions

Researchers

Scientific journals and societies

Libraries

The Ministry of Education promotes and supports OA

publishing and carries out and monitors the implementation of

these recommendations in cooperation with other ministries

Two routes to OA

Open Access Journals Author-fees or institutional subscriptions to author cover

journal fees

- PLoS, BioMedCentral, Springer Open Choise, Oxford

Open (NAR), PNAS, Elsevier (40 titles)

- DOAJ the directory of Open Access Journals lists

2752 journals (http://www.doaj.org) free, full text, quality

controlled scientific and scholarly journals

E-print repositories Disciplinary

- PMC (PubMed Central), UK PMC, arXiv

Institutional

- DViikki

Definition of an institutional repository

”Digital collections capturing and preserving the

intellectual output of a single or multiuniversity

community” (Crow 2002)

”A university-based institutional repository is a set of

services that a university offers to the members of its

community for the management and dissemination of

digital materials created by the university and its

community members” (Lynch 2003)

The main benefits from institutional repositories for scientists and institutions

Storage Backup systems and publication identity is professional

Searching and availability improved

Quality of the metadata

Institutional profile, output documentation associated with

teaching and learning material and scientific results

Availability and access Borders: who can afford

Transmission of scientific knowledge

Questions/comments/doubts I have heard

It may promote bad science since it lacks peer review!

Is it legal?

It is too much work.

Will I get into trouble and how can I be sure that I do

things right?

If I publish a thesis in an institutional repository before

some of its publications are accepted, do I risk originality

of a submission-status work or can somebody copy my

ideas?

13.40-14.20 Ms. Wilma Mossink, Legal Advisor of

SURFfoundation and SURFdiensten: Copyright: easy to

understand and nothing to be afraid of!

14.20-15.00 Mrs. Inge Van Nieuwerburgh, Coordinator of

Digital Library, University Library Ghent: The Impact of Open

Access on Scholarly Communication

15.00-15.20 Docent Marjut Salokannel Some comments from

the Finnish institutional perspective

15.20-15.30 Tauko

15.30-15.45 Kehityspäällikkö Kimmo Koskinen, Viikin

tiedekirjasto: Julkaisuarkistopalvelut tutkijoille Helsingin

yliopistossa

15.45-16.15 Professori Pekka Kauppi, Bio- ja

ympäristötieteiden laitos, HY: Miksi yliopistotutkija tallentaa

julkaisuarkistoon?

16.15 alk. Loppukeskustelu