Promoting Open Access to Librarians and Researchers by the International - Open Repositories Conference, July 7th, 2010

1. Information Platform open-access.net
Promoting Open Access to Librarians and
Researchers by the International
Information Platform open-access.net

2. Information Platform open-access.net
Situation in 2006
• Large discrepancy between growing significance of OA and the
comparatively small publicity and little practice with German
scientists
• Uncoordinated and scattered information about OA
• OA-Information mostly depended on personal commitment of
individuals
• Idea to improve the situation
and promote OA:
Central information
platform which bundles all
relevant information and
provides reliable
information on open access
Open Repositories Conference, July 7th, 2010, Anja Oberländer , Library of the University of Konstanz

3. Partners, Funders and Supporters of the Project
Partners:
Funded by :
Supported by:
Open Repositories Conference, July 7th, 2010, Anja Oberländer , Library of the University of Konstanz

4. Information Platform open-access.net
Main Features
• General information on open access
• Group specific information (authors, librarians, journal
editors…)
• Discipline specific information
• FAQ
• News
• Activities/Communication (conferences, workshops, Open-
Access-Week, calendar of events)
Open Repositories Conference, July 7th, 2010, Anja Oberländer , Library of the University of Konstanz

5. Informing Scholars and Scientists
• Direct information for scholars and scientists
• Helping the promoters to inform about open
access
Information platform
Promoters
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6. Connecting People & Activities
open-access.net became a central player
in promoting open access in Germany
Information
Conferences
Projects (Sherpa
Romeo, OAN)
Mailinglist
Open Access
Week
Open Access Workshops
Days
Open Repositories Conference, July 7th, 2010, Anja Oberländer , Library of the University of Konstanz

7. Usage Data
200.000
180.000
160.000
140.000
120.000
no. of different users
100.000
total no. of users
80.000
60.000
40.000
20.000
0
2007 2008 2009
Different users: No. of different IP-adresses, which visited at least one page of open-access.net
No. of users: A new user is defined as each new user who was not on open-access.net in the last 60 minutes
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8. Usage Data: General information
2500
2000
What is OA?
1500 OA-Journals
FAQ
Business models
pros and cons
1000 Legal issues
OA-Strategies
Repositories
500
0
Jun 07 Sep 07 Dez 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dez 08 Mar 09 Jun 09 Sep 09 Dez 09
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9. Usage Data: Group specific pages
600
500
400
Journal Editors
Authors
Libraries
300
Repository operators
Publishers
University Management
200 Research funders
100
0
Jun 07 Sep 07 Dez 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dez 08 Mar 09 Jun 09 Sep 09 Dez 09
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10. Usage Data: Open Access in Individual Disciplines
Open Access in Individual Disciplines 2009
250
200
150
100
50
0
Average hits per month in 2009
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11. Information platform open-access.net
Success Factors
• High visibility
• Very reliable and up-to-date information/quality assurance
• High commitment of the project partners
• Community Building
• Synergy Effects
• Open Access Days
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12. www.open-access.net
Contact:
Anja Oberlaender
Library of the University of Konstanz
anja.oberlaender@uni-konstanz.de