Session #3:When titles change publisher:Issues & Impacts

ICOLC #—Montreal, Canada

Diane Costello and Joan Emmet

April 23, 2007

ICOLC--Montreal 2007 Session #3

Agenda• Primary Issues / Impact• TRANSFER Project

• UKSG Briefing Session, April 2007(powerpoint)• TRANSFER Code of Conduct Phase 1• Transfer data elements• Subscription list data

• License language now?• Open Access impacts

• IRs | Self-Archiving | Persistent Access

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Primary Issues• Access• Subscription information transfer• Timely notice of transfer• Archival rights/perpetual access• Pricing • Titles non-subscribed but accessible within

package arrangements

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Impact Retention of print from society publishers

because of uncertainty about access Delay in reconciliation of subscriptions lists Delay in pricing information Communication never comprehensive –

someone misses out Turnover potentially 3 to 5 years

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Solutions Transfer protocols

(swap to Nancy Buckley presentation here!) All relevant publishers to be compliant for this to

work License conditions Open Access?????

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Solutions (2) License conditions (now)

Transfer in (most commonly, subscriptions carried over, titles included in consortial package except if no subscriptions ….)

Transfer out (most commonly, removed from institution’s subscription base)

Common conditions for new (start-up) titles Opt-in on consortial or individual basis Add on percentage to base spend Add on subscription x consortial duplication factor

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Solutions (3) License conditions (now)

Springer – doesn’t specify, but adds/subtracts subscriptions from base

OUP – adds/subtracts subscriptions from base, differentiates between young and mature titles

Wiley – adds/subtracts subscriptions from base, treats transfers without subscriptions as new (start-up) titles

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License conditions (potential)Model clauseLicensee Rights with respect to Transfer Publications.1. Responsibilities as successor Licensor. Successor Licensor shall ensure that Licensee’s rights to published

content are available to Licensee in perpetuity from either the antecedent Licensor or its designated server. If significant content is added to transferred title, Licensor may increase its charge in an amount equal to the percentage of content but shall not exceed 3%.

2. Responsibilities as antecedent Licensor. Existing content of titles shall continue to be made available to Licensee

either within or outside of package arrangements for a term no less than 6 months.

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Solutions?? - Open Access Open Access varieties

Self-archiving of published content (the Stevan Harnad focus)

Open Access publishing (the BioMed Central model)

The “bob each way” approach (open access options within traditional publishing model)

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Open Access (Self-archiving permission) Author / Publisher contract

(OAK-Law http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/) RoMEO Publisher's Copyright Listings

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php Green / Blue / Yellow / White

Green (post-peer review) – author / publisher version deposit to repository (institutional, discipline-based) with/without embargo persistence!!!!!

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Open Access (Gold) Classic example BioMed Central

Yet to find a stable business model Initially fixed membership price Then varying types of membership

Full – pay-by-the-drink Supporters – discounted author fees

Individual titles e.g. OUP’s NAR (Nucleic Acids Research)

Sponsorship Author charges (may be reduced if institution subscribes) Membership fees (different from subscriptions?)

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Open Access (mixed) Traditional publishers provide options for

immediate open access e.g. Springer Open Choice, Oxford Open, ACS AuthorChoice, Cambridge Open, etc Individual decision for article to be OA Decision made after acceptance OUP take-up approx. 10% (report June 2006, 120pp)

Take-up varies by discipline OA may or may not affect subscription cost

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Open Access Issues Who pays?

OA started as a cost issue Now an innovation issue

ROI for funding bodies, especially government whole of system costs for the research enterprise library subscriptions form a tiny part

Continuity and Security Portico, LOCKSS, etc

Does not support the Transfer Protocols???? Permissions model, not a publishing model

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Questions What are the publishers offering the societies? Can we compel the societies by ensuring that

publishers are compliant? Should we be addressing the societies and the

academics who run them?