Webinar to introduce new tools available to support the automation of Open Access agreements between libraries/consortia and smaller independent publishers.
2. The challenges for
smaller independent
publishers
• The Information Power report published in June
2021, identified challenges that smaller
independent publishers face in developing
transitional, open access agreements.
• The report recommended active cross-
stakeholder alignment focused on enabling
these smaller independent publishers to
successfully transition to OA
3. The challenges for
smaller independent
publishers
• In November 2021, four working groups were
established to address these challenges, working
under the auspices of the Association of Learned
and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
and cOAlition S.
• The membership of the groups had
representatives from libraries, library consortia,
small independent publishers, and
intermediaries.
4. Four task and finish
groups
1. Shared Principles
2. Example Agreements
3. Data Template
4. Workflow
5. Take-aways
• As the sponsor of this work – in partnership
with ALPSP – cOAlition S is delighted with
the way the different stakeholders have
come together with a shared goal to make it
easier for smaller independent publishers to
participate in transitional, Open Access
agreements.
• To ensure that the outputs from the working
groups are actionable, there is a pressing
need for the workflows to become fully
automated.
6. Steering
Group
• Dominic Broadhurst (Salford University)
• Curtis Brundy (Iowa State University)
• Colleen Campbell (Max Planck Digital Library,
OA2020)
• Andrew Joseph (Wits University)
• Robert Kiley (cOAlition S)
• Rima Kupryte (EIFL)
• Malavika Legge (Portland Press, Biochemical
Society)
• Nora Papp-Le Roy (European Science Foundation)
• Antonia Pop (Toronto University Press)
• Katharina Rieck (FWF)
• Johan Rooryck (cOAlition S)
• Judy Russell (University of Florida)
• Glenn Truran (SANLiC)
• Aria Tuuliniemi (University of Helsinki)
• Anna Vernon (JISC)
• Wayne Sime (ALPSP)
7. Thank you
to all
members
of the Task
& Finish
Groups
Thom Barnes-Wise Information Power
Surina Bhatti Jisc
Stacey Burke American Physiological Society
Erin Calhoun University of Toronto Libraries
Colleen Campbell Max Planck Digital Library
Yvonne Campfens OA Switchboard
Rod Cookson IWA Publishing
Angus Cookson CAUL
Rebecca Day Tucker EBSCO
Anke de Looper John Benjamins Publishing Company
Adam Der Max Planck Digital Library, ESAC
Jill Emery Portland State University
Lorraine Estelle Information Power
Celeste Feather LYRASIS
Ellen Finnie California Digital Library
Sarah Fricker IOPP
Beth Gibbs Oxford University
Tejs Grevstad Consortia Manager
Phillipp Hess Knowledge Unlatched
Robert Kiley cOAlition S
Sharla Lair LYRASIS
Mark Lewis Intellect Ltd
Andrea Lopez Annual Reviews
Lisa Mackinder California Digital Library
Debbie Martindale Rhodes University
Claire Moulton The Company of Biologists
Bongi Mphuti Wits University
Wendy Newsham Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Michaela Olde University of New England
Rita Penhasi University of Vienna
Frances Pinter Central European University Press
Gaynor Redvers-Mutton Microbiology Society
Elin Reeves European Respiratory Society
Judy Russell University of Florida
Arjan Schalken UKB Consortium
Eric Schares Iowa State University
Bernhard Schubert University of Vienna
Catherine Sharp University College London
Adriana Sikora Max Planck Digital Library
Rebecca Staatz University of Bristol
Ben Taplin Jisc
Nevena Tomic KAUST
Andy Utterback PLOS
Anna Vernon Jisc
Timo Vilen University of Helsinki
Lisa Walton BMJ Publishing
Lucy Walton Western Sydney University
Matthew Wilmont California Digital Library
Alicia Wise Information Power
8. Setting
Principles
for the
projects
• The group – 11 librarians, consortia
representatives, and publishers, along with
Robert Kiley (cOAlition S), Anne Vernon (Jisc)
and Coleen Campbell (OA2020).
• Met through September and October 2021.
• Identified 20 principles for transformative
agreements – under ‘Price and cost
allocation’ and ‘Licensing’.
• Tried to balance the needs of all
stakeholders – and produce a basis for
practical planning.
• At which point, over to the delivery groups...
10. How might the
data template
be used?
Smaller Independent
Publishers
Libraries and consortia
Presenting proposals Evaluating offers
Presenting renewal proposals Comparing offers
Reporting on agreements
19. Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
Multiple systems are in use throughout the publication workflow
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
20. Submission &
Peer Review
Systems
e.g. for manuscript
submission date
Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
Multiple systems are in use throughout the publication workflow
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
21. Content
Distribution
Systems
e.g. JATS-XML for
author listing order,
license type
Submission &
Peer Review
Systems
e.g. for manuscript
submission date
Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
Multiple systems are in use throughout the publication workflow
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
22. Content
Distribution
Systems
e.g. JATS-XML for
author listing order,
license type
Submission &
Peer Review
Systems
e.g. for manuscript
submission date
Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
Multiple systems are in use throughout the publication workflow
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
Journal Master Data Systems
e.g. journal type (pure OA, hybrid, transformative),
journal in DOAJ y/n
23. Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
PIDs and interoperability are crucial to deliver
authoritative data from source in reporting
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
• Direct alert upon VoR publication
• Automatically generated reports
• Standardised reports (across publishers)
• Structured data format (JSON & Excel)
• Fed straight into existing systems
24. The same data (and more?!) will inform OA deal-negotiations
and OA agreements...!
‘Data Lake’
e.g. event-based metadata, post-publication usage stats
25. Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
Lessons from the OA Switchboard initiative
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
1. Critical for solving real problems (deal-making and reporting):
• PIDs in article-level metadata
• Interoperability between systems
26. Matching publication costs with publication funds (in case
of a ‘direct publication funder’)
Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
For OA publications, there are two relevant parallel tracks:
research & content versus financial
In case of an ‘indirect publication
funder’ (e.g. diamond) possibly:
matching publication costs with
publication funds
Article-level financial
transaction (if any)
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
27. Matching publication costs with publication funds (in case
of a ‘direct publication funder’)
Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
For OA publications, there are two relevant parallel tracks:
research & content versus financial
In case of an ‘indirect publication
funder’ (e.g. diamond) possibly:
matching publication costs with
publication funds
Article-level financial
transaction (if any)
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
CRM Systems
e.g. deal information
E-commerce/ Billing & Collection Systems
e.g. publication-level financial information
28. 2. There is a need to exchange metadata between the tracks, currently
with lack of sufficient interoperability between relevant systems
Lessons from the OA Switchboard initiative
Matching publication costs with publication funds (in case
of a ‘direct publication funder’)
Research & analysis
& writing process
Production
process
Peer review
process
Impact & reporting
& analytics
Discussion
& feedback
In case of an ‘indirect publication
funder’ (e.g. diamond) possibly:
matching publication costs with
publication funds
Article-level financial
transaction (if any)
‘ACCEPT’
DECISION
PREPRINT PUBLICATION
GRANT
ASSIGNED
MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSION
29. Lessons from the OA Switchboard initiative
3. There is tension between providing a great author experience and an
‘ideal process’ (i.e. capturing data as early as possible in the workflow)
2. There is a need to exchange metadata between the tracks, currently
with lack of sufficient interoperability between relevant systems
1. Critical for solving real problems (deal-making and reporting):
• PIDs in article-level metadata
• Interoperability between systems
32. Report on feedback from
the Research to Reader
conference workshop
Implementing OA Standards
How best to support agreements
between libraries, consortia and
smaller independent publishers?
Workshop A: Implementing OA
Standards
Facilitated by Judith Russell and
Alicia Wise
33. Workshop A
• Reviewed the work of 4 taskforces identifying Shared
Principles, Example Agreements, a Data Template, and
Workflows for OA Agreements*
• Discussed use of the Data Template and how to get it
widely adopted by librarians and publishers
• Developed plans to mobilize stakeholders
34. Next Steps
• To Ensure The Data Template Is Adopted By Both Libraries And
Publishers:
• Seek endorsement of the template from thought leaders and
influencers among librarians and publishers.
• Educate researchers about the need to provide consistent data
including ORCID, ROR and Funder ID.
• Encourage Crossref, ORCID, peer review systems (e.g. Editorial
Manager, eJournal Press, ScholarOne) and other service providers
to mobilise their publisher customers (large and small) to agree that
these are the standard data that are needed and then to adapt
their systems to facilitate delivery of data from their systems.
35. Suggestions for Moving
Forward
• Prioritize requiring data going forward (like ORCIDs) while
recognizing that retrospective data acquisition or
cleaning may not be realistic.
• Develop standards while recognizing that if the standards
are too rigorous it will be hard to get agreement.
• Focus first on the author-provided and article data (e.g.
ORCIDs, RORs, Funder IDs).
• Clarify the metadata with a taxonomy to ensure
consistent use of terminology particularly for article type
– e.g. https://casrai.org/open-access-glossary/.
36. Questions for
the panel
• Are OA agreements here to stay, or
are they a passing fad?
• What are the key critical things
that need to be automated to
make OA agreements scale?
• Who is responsible for driving
automation forward?
37. Over to you
• Is there a desire for
automation from both
libraries and publishers?
• What should the priorities be
when it comes to
automation?
• What would you need to
automate, or to influence
those who would need to
implement for you?
Hinweis der Redaktion
Workflow processes are sequential but there is also a loop. Improvement as part of contract management, renewal after the contract ends.
During the contract life cycle there are several information topics that need to be addressed.
Based on the workflow phases, working group 4 has outlined roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, information that needs to provided and, where possible links to the output of the other working groups, ESAC check lists, etc.
Example of the result of working group 4
The dots represent data like institutions, article types, license info, budget, etc. The question is, how to connect the dots?
It’s not a minimum requirement (photo 1), it’s not ‘just a playground’ only to experiment (photo 2), it want to create a common view for institutions/consortia and publishers on how to move forwards (photo 3) and hopefully a starting point for service providers to connect the dots.