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ECU Graduate Research School, Forum of postgraduate Students August 2012
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ECU Graduate Research School Forum of Postgraduate Students
Scholarly Publishing and Open Access
Julia Gross ECU Library August 2012
Open Access (OA)
1. Scholarly publishing crisis
2. Open access
3. Open access and research impact
4. Copyright and open access
5. ECU’s open access repository Research Online
6. New open access requirements tied to NHMRC funding
Scholarly communication crisis
Key players
publishers authors libraries scholars
Publishers
Global publishing business
The big 3 STM (Science, Technology, Medicine)
42% of STM journals
Research is publically funded– Authors not paid– Publishers get free content
Authors (Researchers)
Authors interested in– Creating new knowledge– Research outcomes– Citations and impact factors– Peer review, quality control– Career, academic promotion, tenure
Vested interest in the status quo
Authors value open access
Libraries
Online = library pays access fee to publisher
Licence agreements with publisher
Library budgets are under pressure
Percentage spent on journals increasing (80% +)
Journal price increases33% over 5 years (Ebsco data)
Scholars (Researchers)
Scholars need access to publications
Scholars lose out in closed access
Only staff/students of institution get access
Not free to those outside institution
Journals charge toll-access to articles
e. g. US$30 per journal article (Elsevier)
is there another
way
forward ?
Open Access
research articles should be freely,
immediately and permanently
available online to anyone
Open Access (OA)
OA to publicly funded research
OA embraced by libraries, scholars, research funders
OA benefitsGreater exposure
Universal access
Discovery via Google
Open Access – how?
Green Road OAAuthor self archives
Institutional e-repository - ECU Research Online
Discipline repository
Gold Road OA
Publisher provides free access in OA journalSometimes author pays fee to publisher
Free access to scholars
Available worldwide
Digital preservation for the long term
Challenges the closed publishing model
Faster access
Citation benefits
Green Road OA: E-Repositories
Advantages
Green Road OA: E-Repositories
Promotes and showcases your research
Preserves your research online
Stores and organises your research
Discovery via Google and Google Scholar
Advantages
ECU’s E-Repository: ro.ecu.edu.au
Published works
book chapters, conference papers
journal articles, working papers
Digital formats
media, music, images
Dissertations, theses
Conference and journal publishing
ECU’s E-Repository content
Copyright and OA
Commercial publishers usually ask you to sign over copyright
Each publisher has different rules on OA repository copies
Mostly post-print version
Post-print is version accepted for publication, after peer review changes
ECU Library repository staff can advise researchers
Gold Road Open Access
Directory of OA Journals
Over 7000 OA journals
Many are peer reviewed
Sometimes author pays a fee to publish
Example: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PLoS charges authors
Research funding and OA
New NHMRC requirements for OA“publications arising from an NHMRC supported
research project must be deposited into an open access institutional repository within a twelve month period from the date of publication.”
ARC not yet mandating OA, but may follow
Library repository staff can advise
U.S. Research Works Act (anti OA)
7,000+ researchers boycott Elsevier
U.S. Federal Research Public Access Act (pro OA)
The Guardian (U.K.) pro-OA articles
U.K. Finch report (supports Gold OA)
International developments
What should you do?
Think before you give away your copyright
Find out the OA journals in your field
Greater access = greater impact
If you report your publication information to ECU’s RAS, it will come thru to Research Online
Be aware of funder requirements re OA
Thank you
any questions?