There are several factors that universities consider regarding open access publication policies. These include disseminating research as part of their institutional purpose, obligations to funders who mandate open access, and different approaches to publication and dissemination of research. Universities also weigh the drivers of open access like funder mandates against potential inhibitors such as additional costs. Funding open access presents challenges as the costs shift from consumers to producers and there are questions around how to establish budgets to cover publication fees given other funding priorities. Universities must determine their level of involvement with issues like establishing policies, raising awareness, and setting up repositories.

1. Open Access Publication: the University Perspective Dr Ian M Carter Director of Research and Enterprise University of Sussex Chair Association of Research Managers and Administrators (UK)

9. Open Access Publication: the University Perspective Dr Ian M Carter Director of Research and Enterprise University of Sussex Chair Association of Research Managers and Administrators (UK)

11. Compliance analysis – May 2007 91% (n=255) of articles were published in a journal that would have allowed them to comply with the Trust’s mandate

12. Range of costs of OA publication n=220 articles Range: £350 - £3,436 Mean: £1290 Mode: £1,500

13. Publishers and prices: examples $3250 iOpenAccess Taylor and Francis $3000 Open Choice Springer $3000 Sage Open Sage £1000-£2500 RSC Open Science Royal Society of Chemistry $278-400 and $16 per page for first 6-10 pages, $93 per page thereafter EXIS Open Choice Royal Society $3250 iOpenAccess Routledge £1700 Engineering Open Choice Professional Engineering Publishing (IME) $1500-$2800 Oxford Open Oxford University Press $3000 Sponsorship Option Elsevier $2700 Cambridge Open Cambridge University Press $2220-$3145 BMJ Unlocked British Medical Journal Publishing $2600 Online Open Blackwell $975-$1300 Free to Read American Physical Society $1500-$2500 Author Select American Institute of Physics $3000 Author Choice American Chemical Society Price OA option Publisher