This presentation was part of an event organised by Hindawi held at Cambridge Union Society on 23rd June 2016. AGENDA 14:00-14:15 Keynote #1 Publisher Perspective (Paul Peters, President, OASPA; CEO, Hindawi) Brief overview of Open Access from a publisher’s perspective. What were the drivers for the conversion to open access, how have they changed, and what are the major open access discussions shaping the future for publishers. What are the broader infrastructural challenges faced by the industry as a whole and how are these being addressed? 14:20-15:10 Panel Discussion #1 Open Access Models Moderator: Paul Peters Open Access is evolving into many forms, this panel will look at some of the different models that have developed in this space. It will consider the merits and potential challenges that they present for publishers, institutions and funding bodies. Sara Grimme, Publishing & Product Director - Heliyon Matt Day, Head of Open and Data - Cambridge University Press Lara Speicher, Publishing Manager - UCL Press 15:10-15:25 Keynote #2 Institutional Perspective – (Dr Danny Kingsley) The challenges of Open Access. What are the obstacles, annoyances and hazards for institutions in making their research output openly accessible? How has the landscape changed over the years, from a “nice to have” option put forward by more activist members of the research community, to an imperative supported by major funder. What steps need to be taken to ensure that, going forward, individual researchers are able to meet accessibility criteria and don’t fall foul of these new guidelines? 15:30 – 15:50 Coffee Break 15:50-16:30 Panel Discussion #2 Publishing Solutions Moderator: (Dr. Danny Kingsley, University of Cambridge) How are various stakeholders tackling the challenges outlined above by Dr Kingsley? With a vast number of new funder and institutional requirements increasing the burden on institutions and researchers what can be done to help? Matt Green, Head of Institutional Membership - Hindawi Catriona MacCallum - Acting Director of Advocacy at Public Library of Science PLOS Carolyn Alderson - Deputy Director Jisc Collections 16:30-17:10 Panel Discussion #3 Technology Innovation Moderator: (Liz Allen, F1000) How can technology help researchers collaborate effectively online; provide a view on usage and sharing far beyond traditional measures and create an interlinked infrastructure? This panel will look at ways in which technology can support the creation, distribution and discussion around scholarly content. Ali Smith, Web Developer - Overleaf Euan Adie, Founder - Altmetric Geoffrey Bilder - Director Of Strategic Initiatives – CrossRef 17:10-17:20 Closing Remarks

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Office of Scholarly Communication
The challenges of Open Access
Working towards an Open Research future - An Institutional
Perspective
Dr Danny Kingsley @dannykay68
Head, Office of Scholarly Communication
Cambridge University Library

2. OSC The OSC has 3 primary responsibilities
1. Meeting funder requirements for Open Access
and Research Data Management
2. External outreach focus:
– Within the University
– Throughout the UK
– Internationally (at conferences & workshops)
3. Ensuring the library & research community is up
to speed on scholarly communication matters

3. OSC Opportunities to work collaboratively

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What are the obstacles, annoyances and hazards for
institutions in making their research output openly
accessible?
A question

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Getting through to the research community
Challenge 1

6. OSC Cambridge research
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/research_in_numbers.pdf

7. OSC This is Cambridge’s structure

8. OSC One School
There isn’t room on this slide for the three Institutes
that are also associated with this School…

9. OSC And then there is the administration
You Tube Cambridge in Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZsb2Ck
MsM

10. OSC Irony?
Academic independence is sacred at Cambridge

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The open access requirements of the different
funders are a dog’s breakfast
Challenge 2

12. OSC The policy landscape
The MEANS and the TIMING all conflict
RCUK – Green & Gold | HEFCE – Green only | COAF – Gold only

13. OSC What the researcher hears
From Bill Hubbard Getting the rights right: when policies collide
http://www.slideshare.net/UKSG/hubbard-uksg-may2015-public

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Some publishers really are not helping
Challenge 3

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• Publishers making life difficult
– Press embargoes – a threat from the shadows
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=653
– Half-life is half the story
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=331
• Payment for hybrid open access
– Cambridge expenditure on APCs in 2014
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=79

16. OSC HybridAPCs are very expensive
• The average APC levied by hybrid journals is 64%
higher than the average APC charged by a fully OA
title
• The Reckoning: An Analysis ofWellcome Trust Open Access Spend 2013 – 14 (3 March 2015)
http://blog.wellcome.ac.uk/2015/03/03/the-reckoning-an-analysis-of-wellcome-trust-open-access-spend-2013-14/
• The article processing charges for hybrid Open Access
were ‘significantly more expensive’ than fully OA
journals, ‘despite the fact that hybrid journals still
enjoyed a revenue stream through subscriptions’
• Research Councils UK 2014 Independent Review of Implementation (March 2015)
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/openaccess/2014review/

17. OSC And guess what?
• ‘The two traditional, subscription-based publishers
(Elsevier and Wiley) represent some 40% of our total
APC spend’
• The Reckoning: An Analysis ofWellcomeTrust Open Access Spend 2013 – 14 (3 March 2015)
http://blog.wellcome.ac.uk/2015/03/03/the-reckoning-an-analysis-of-wellcome-trust-open-access-spend-2013-14/
• “Publishers Elsevier andWiley have each received
about £2 million in article processing charges from 55
institutions as a result of RCUK’s open access policy’
• ‘Publishers share £10m in APC payments’,Times Higher Education (16April
2015)https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/publishers-share-10m-in-apc-payments/2019685.article

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The University is doing everything it can to help
researchers
What steps have we taken?

19. OSC Our solution

20. OSC We have had about 50% take-up

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• Funders should:
– Align their policies
– Stop paying for hybrid
• Publishers should:
– Stop punishing universities for doing the right thing
– Make their workflows more transparent
– Stop misleading researchers on licenses and other aspects of open
access
– Stop bullying researchers
• The academy should:
– Wake up to themselves and take an interest in this
– Question how they value and reward their peers
What about other solutions?

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Dr Danny Kingsley
Head, Office of Scholarly Communication
Cambridge University Library
t: @dannykay68
b: https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/
w: http://osc.cam.ac.uk/
Thanks!

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• Reliance on publication in fancy-pants journals
– Openness, integrity & supporting researchers
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=30
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– What is ‘research impact’ in an interconnected
world?
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=25
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Reward system

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• Funder policies are sometimes an issue eg: not
reflecting disciplinary differences
– Is CC-BY really a problem or are we boxing shadows?
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=555
– Could the HEFCE policy be aTrojan Horse for Gold
OA?
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=488
Policy problems