These slides run through an Introduction to Open Access and the policy landscape surrounding it. These slides can be seen being presented: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YwASIziPIQ
1. Intro to Open Access
for OpenCon 2014
October 29, 2014
Nick Shockey (@R2RC)
Director of Programs & Engagement, SPARC
Director, Right to Research Coalition
4. Launched in Summer 2009
Built around the Student Statement
on the Right to Research: access to
research is a student right
International alliance of 75+ graduate &
undergraduate student organizations,
representing nearly 7 million students
in over 100 countries worldwide
6. Average journal price in Chemistry:
Biology
= $2,520
Geography
= $1,308
Physics
= $3,870
= $4,215
Source: Library Journal 2014 Periodicals Pricing Survey
âSteps Down the Evolutionary Road | Periodicals Price Survey 2014,â by Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson. Library Journal,
April 11, 2014: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/04/publishing/steps-down-the-evolutionary-road-periodicals-price-survey-2014/#_
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7. Source: Library Journal 2014 Periodicals Pricing Survey
âSteps Down the Evolutionary Road | Periodicals Price Survey 2014,â by Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson. Library Journal,
April 11, 2014: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/04/publishing/steps-down-the-evolutionary-road-periodicals-price-survey-2014/#_
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8. 425%
375%
325%
275%
225%
175%
125%
75%
25%
-25%
Graph 2
Monograph and Serial Costs
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2011* Serial
1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010
% Change Since 1986
Source: ARL Statistics 2010-11 Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
*Includes electronic resources from 1999-2000 onward.
Expenditures
(+402%)
Monograph
Expenditures
(+71%)
Monographs
Purchased
(10%)
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9. Publishing obscure academic journals is
that rare thing in the media industry:
âa licence to print money.â
Source: The Economist, âOpen Sesame,â April 14, 2012: http://www.economist.com/node/21552574
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14. 80%
of research is
publicly
funded
Source: âAcademic Publishing: Survey of funders supports the benign Open Access outcome priced into
shares, HSBC Global Research,â February 11, 2013:
https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=RxArFbnG1P&n=360010.PDF
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15. Does our publishing system
what we entrust to distribute the
knowledge we work so hard to create
share our values?
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24. Founded when most of the Editorial
Board of Machine Learning resigned
in protest
Source: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/
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25. Founded when most of the Editorial
Board of Machine Learning resigned
in protest
Estimated cost per article: $6.50
Source: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/
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26. Founded when most of the Editorial
Board of Machine Learning resigned
in protest
Estimated cost per article: $6.50
Publishes ~3,500 pages / year
Source: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/
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27. Founded when most of the Editorial
Board of Machine Learning resigned
in protest
Estimated cost per article: $6.50
Publishes ~3,500 pages / year
Ranked in 93rd percentile for Impact
Factor in its discipline
Source: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/
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28. bit.ly/anefficientjournal
Founded when most of the Editorial
Board of Machine Learning resigned
in protest
Estimated cost per article: $6.50
Publishes ~3,500 pages / year
Ranked in 93rd percentile for Impact
Factor in its discipline
Source: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/
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29. 2. Publish (most) anywhere,
deposit into an open-access repository
X 2,000
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32. <QUT citation advantage>
Source: âOwA wPowlic.ys Dpeavreclo.pamrel.not ragnd Implementation at Queensland University of Technology,â Professor Tom Cochrane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Delivered November 2012):
http://www.berlin10.org/images/ws2cochrane.pdf
33. Source: âOwA wPowlic.ys Dpeavreclo.pamrel.not ragnd Implementation at Queensland University of Technology,â Professor Tom Cochrane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Delivered November 2012):
http://www.berlin10.org/images/ws2cochrane.pdf
34. Source: âOwA wPowlic.ys Dpeavreclo.pamrel.not ragnd Implementation at Queensland University of Technology,â Professor Tom Cochrane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Delivered November 2012):
http://www.berlin10.org/images/ws2cochrane.pdf
35. Swan, Alma (2010) The Open Access citation advantage: Studies and results to date.
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/268516/
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53. American Society for Cell Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
British Society for Cell Biology
eLife
European Astronomical Society
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNSA)
The Journal of Cell Biology
Wellcome Trust
+538 othersâŠ
More at www.ascb.org/dora
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54. âLets make the Impact Factor tacky.â
- Stefano Bertuzzi,
Executive Director, ASCB
Watch the discussion from the OA Week Launch Event:
live.worldbank.org/open-access-week-2014
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57. What can you
do to promote OA?
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58. Make your
work openly
available on
The Internet
Source: Mike Taylor: The SV-POW! open-access decision tree
svpow.com/2013/05/11/the-sv-pow-open-access-decision-tree/
70. Institutional Open Access Policies
177 Institutions in 34 countries
Data from roarmap.eprints.org
233
+
71. âThe Open Access policy will anchor the
University in its rightful place in the national,
regional and international arena and open up the
University for more global visibilityâ
Professor George A.O. Magoha
Vice-Chancellor
December 2012
www.righttoresearch.org
72. âWorking with students to demystify OA at the
University of Nairobi and also in institution
members of the Kenyan Consortium has
proved to be one of the best catalysts for
change. We have realized that academics
tend to listen to students in matters of ICTs as they see them as
agents of change in that they are more savvy, "curious and excellent
in networkingâ and open to new technologies.
To us at the University of Nairobi, students have been our trusted
partners and they have played a significant role in advancing the OA
movement. We are proud that in a span of a few months, the Vice-
Chancellor has signed the Berlin Declaration in October 2012 and
also put in place a Committee to draft the institutional OA policy in
August 2012.â
- Agatha Kabugu
Deputy University Librarian
www.righttoresearch.org
75. i) confirms the importance of students having access to research
journals and articles as part of their training;
ii) notes the high cost to institutions and individuals when accessing
scholarly literature;
iii) proposes that this could hinder medical students in their
development as âThe Doctor as the Scientistâ as well as developing
an evidence based clinical approach;
iv) welcomes and endorses the Right To Research Coalitionâs
statement on Open Access to research literature.
www.righttoresearch.org
June 25, 2012
In fact, theyâve done well over 1,000 meetings with Congressional offices since weâve started working with them
And theyâre in DC right now braving the now to meet with Congressional offices today and tomorrow