Howard Ratner presents the Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the Unites States at the PSP Conference. Detailing its emphasis on Identification, Access, Preservation, Discovery, and Compliance of articles reporting on federally funded research
CHORUS Presentation at PSP Annual Conference February 6, 2014
1. A Solution for Public Access
PSP Annual Conference
Washington, DC, February 6, 2014
Howard Ratner, Executive Director, CHORUS
h.ratner@chorusaccess.org
www.chorusaccess.org
Identification Discovery Access Preservation Compliance
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2. A broad coalition of scholarly publishers formed to develop, implement and steward
a partnership with the federal research funders for providing public access to the
peer review publications that report on federally-funded research.
• Evolved from an ad-hoc group of publishers who initiated partnership discussions
with several agencies in Spring 2011
• Incorporated as a not-for-profit entity – CHOR, Inc. - on October 1, 2013
• Applying for US IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
• 90+ signatories and growing
• Exploring international partnerships
• Already in pilot!
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3. How Does CHORUS Help?
Identification
Alan
Agency
Discovery
Compliance
Preservation
Access
Peter
Public
Lottie
Librarian
Penny
Publisher
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Rachel
Researcher
4. Preserve Agency Funds
for Research!
Builds on existing infrastructure of
the scholarly community
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5. How CHORUS Works: Identification
…built into the author’s submission process
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6. How CHORUS Works: Preservation
…use of existing, multiparty preservation strategy
Government
maintained
or other
3rd-party dark
archive
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7. How CHORUS
Works: Access
Funding Agency Embargo Period Expires
or Author/Funder Pays for Public Access
Accepted Author Manuscript
becomes publicly accessible
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Version of Record
becomes publicly accessible
8. How CHORUS Works: Discovery
…by any existing search engine
Text and Data-Mining
Services
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13. How CHORUS Works: Compliance
API and dashboards for
monitoring and tracking
publisher contributions
to CHORUS
Government
Agency Reports
Institution Reports
Publisher Reports
Live dashboard: dashboard.chorusaccess.org/nsf
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16. Ramp up
Feb –
June
2013
Proof of
Concept
Delivered
30 Aug
AAP Startup
Funding
Appointment of
Howard Ratner,
Director of
Development (July)
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Pilot
Tech
Build
Delivered
30 Sept
Incorporation
of CHOR, Inc.
1 Oct 2013
Pilot
Phase 1
30 Sept 31 Dec
2013
Pilot
Phase 2
Jan – July
2014
Fundraising
Appointment of
Howard Ratner,
Executive
Director (January)
Production
July 2014
17. • CHORUS aspires to be inclusive and interoperate
with scholarly repositories and other systems
providing access to scholarly articles
• Met in July 2013 to discuss initiatives and explore
areas of possible collaboration
• Agreed to work jointly on persistent identifiers
and metrics
• Meeting again this month
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18. • Unclear whether there is one unified mechanism for data
and publications
• Value in linking data to the papers it supports
• Simplify procedures for researcher compliance and funding
agency monitoring
• CHORUS infrastructure can link to data repositories when
available
• CHORUS will use standard identifier schemes
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19. What Do Publishers Need To Do?
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Become a signatory of CHORUS
Become a member of CrossRef
Sign up for FundRef as part of CrossRef membership
Submit Agency Related data to FundRef for all new
content
Send public access content reuse License and Embargo
metadata to CrossRef
Deposit full text URIs with CrossRef
Sign CHORUS Pilot Agreement
Send relevant content to archiving service
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21. Board Members
David Crotty, Oxford University Press
Howard Ratner, CHORUS
Scott Delman, ACM
Joe Serene, American Physical Society
Fred Dylla, American Institute of Physics
John Tagler, PSP/AAP
Patrick Kelly, John Wiley & Sons
Alicia Wise, Elsevier
Thane Kerner, Silverchair
Fran Zappulla, IEEE
Susan King, American Chemical Society (Chair)
Advisors
Ed Pentz, CrossRef
David Weinreich, AAP/STM
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22. Supporting Organizations (January 2014)
Publishers
AAAS
Acoustical Society of America
ACSESS
American Association of Anatomists
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Astronomical Society
American Chemical Society
American Crystallographic Association, Inc.
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Dental Association
American Diabetes Association
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Institute of Physics
American Mathematical Society
American Meteorological Society
American Medical Association
American Nuclear Society
American Physical Society
American Physiological Society
American Psychiatric Publishing
American Psychological Association
American Society of Agricultural & Biological
Engineers
American Society of Agronomy
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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American Society for Microbiology
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Asociacon Columbiana de Infectologia
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology
AVS: Science & Technology of Materials,
Interfaces and Processing
Biophysical Society
Bioscientifica
Botanical Society of America
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
BMJ
Cambridge University Press
Columbia University Press
The Company of Biologists
Crop Science Society of America
Dove Press
Duke University Press
Ecological Society of America
EDP Sciences
Elsevier
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
The Endocrine Society
Entomological Society of America
European Respiratory Society
Fabricators and Manufacturers Association,
International
Genetics Society of America
GeoScienceWorld
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
IEEE
iMedPub. Internet Medical Publishing
INFORMS
Institute of Physics Publishing
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and
Development
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Materials Research Society
McGraw-Hill
Mycological Society of America
New England Journal of Medicine
The Optical Society
Oxford University Press
The Physiological Society
Revista Medica de Risarlda
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal Society
Royal Society of Chemistry
Sage Publications
Society for the Advancement of Materials on
Process Engineering
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Soil Science
Society of America
Springer Science+Business Media LLC
Taylor & Francis
Thieme Publishers
University of Chicago Press
John Wiley & Sons
Wolters Kluwer Medical Research
Plus 7 more service providers & organizations
23. Sign up today!
Contact:
Howard Ratner
hratner@chorusaccess.org
Identification Discovery Access Preservation Compliance
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25. Technical Working Group
Mark Doyle, American Physical Society (chair)
Geoffrey Bilder, CrossRef
Elizabeth Crellin, Oxford University Press
Paul Dlug, American Physical Society
Mark Donoghue, IEEE
Gerry Grenier, IEEE
Wayne Graves, ACM
Walter Jones, AAAS
Thane Kerner, Silverchair
Robert Koepke, AAAS
David Martinsen, American Chemical Society
Chris McMahon, American Institute of Physics
Paul Mostert, Elsevier
Evan Owens, American Institute of Physics
Howard Ratner, CHORUS
John Shaw, Sage
Chris Shillum, Elsevier
Craig Van Dyck, John Wiley & Sons
John Walker, John Wiley & Sons
Karl Ward, CrossRef
Advisors
Mark Martin, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, US DOE
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26. US Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP) + CHORUS
OSTP Requirement
CHORUS Services
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Free public access to peerreviewed research articles
(guideline: 12 month embargo
adapted to agency/discipline
needs)
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Publishers provide free public access to
best available version (accepted author
manuscript or Version of Record)
post agency embargo or if paid by article
processing charge
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Optimize search, archival, and
dissemination features to
encourage innovation
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CHORUS API enables
content syndication and
search services
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Ensure interoperability and
long-term stewardship
•
CHORUS enables archiving via CLOCKSS,
Portico, and other government
sponsored archives
•
Policies on public data also
called for
•
CHORUS infrastructure can link to data
repositories when available
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Develop plans in consultation
with stakeholders
•
CHORUS is ready to work
with agencies
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27. US Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP)
“Increasing Access to the Results of Federally-Funded Scientific
Research” – 22 February 2013
• All federal agencies funding $100M or more annually in
extramural research must develop public access policies
• Free public access to peer-reviewed research articles (guideline:
12-month embargo, adapted to agency/discipline need)
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Need policies on both articles and data
Optimize search, archival, and dissemination features to
encourage innovation
Ensure interoperability and long-term stewardship
Develop plans in consultation with stakeholders
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29. Alan the Agency Department Head
(e.g., DOE, NSF, USAID)
Wants to…
• meet OSTP guidelines/mandate
• measure grantee and agency compliance with guidelines/mandate
• show how his agency’s investments are having impact (ROI)
• provide access to the best available version (BAV*) of articles resulting
from agency funding for their constituency
• preserve the articles that report on his agency’s funded research
• integrate information from publisher systems with their own internal
systems (via APIs)
• text and data mine articles reporting on funded research
• ensure publisher compliance
• avoid administrative burden to researchers
• …
* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record
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30. Rachel the Researcher / Principal
Investigator
Wants to …
• obtain funding for her research
• comply with funding agency requirements
• know the sources of funding in her area of research
• have access to best available version (BAV*) of content in her
research area
• text and data mine articles reporting on funded research
• avoid extra administrative work
• …
*BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record
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31. Lottie the Librarian
Wants to …
• have access to best available version (BAV*) of content for
her patrons or her own research
• text and data mine articles reporting on funded research
• know that articles reporting on funded research will be
readily available in perpetuity
• help researchers comply with funding agency requirements
• build discovery tools for researchers
• …
* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record
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32. Peter the Public
Wants to …
• have access to best available version (BAV*) of content to
research a problem/drive economic development
• see what the government is funding
• learn the impact of specific agency grants
• understand the latest developments in science
• have content connected to learning tools
• …
* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record
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33. Penny the Publisher
Wants to …
• help her authors and their institutions comply with funder
mandates
• retain traffic on journal websites to better demonstrate value
to librarians
• retain traffic on journal websites to drive advertising revenue
• enable text and data mining of articles reporting on funded
research
• minimize administrative costs through automation
• ensure that articles reporting on funded research in her
journals will be readily available in perpetuity
• avoid duplication of effort/additional costs by utilizing existing
publishing infrastructure
• …
* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record
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34. Building on a Tested Model for the Proposed Partnership
FundRef:
A methodology for identifying articles reporting on agency funded
research was launched in May 2013 by CrossRef after
completion of a pilot involving DOE, NSF, NASA, Wellcome Trust
and seven of the partner publishers
This pilot project addressed article identification by funding
agencies; it is now a live service as of May 2013
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35. How Can Agencies Participate?
• Participate in the CHORUS discussion and
development
• Sign the Agency-CHORUS Pilot Program
Letter of Agreement
• Use CHORUS and FundRef systems
(websites or APIs)
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Here is what the main search page for the new PILOT looks like…..type in a funding agency….and
Here’s what you see. Please note the elements included in the search result. For example, publication sources and DOIs are always included….
Here’s what you see. Please note the elements included in the search result. For example, publication sources and DOIs are always included….
Here’s a look at the dashboard set-up….
So, where are we now and where are we heading……Have a look at the timeline. Fundraising has already taken place to make the service sustainable in the near term, and there is a growing commitment from the publishing community for a long term commitment as the service gains support from more publishers over time.
SHARE and CHORUS met in July 2013 to discuss initiatives and explore areas of possible collaboration. I believe this meeting included Judy from ARL and Howard from CHORUS.Both agreed to work jointly on persistent identifiers (DOIs) and metrics (dashboard could potentially be used to expose metrics from SHARE). Metrics to be determined, but most important message here is the potential collaboration and spirit of working together to solve problems... And both agreed to follow up this month
SoWhat Do Publishers Need to Do?Become a signatory of CHORUSBecome a member of CrossRefSign up for FundRef as part of CrossRef membershipSubmit Agency Related data to FundRef for all new contentSend public access content reuse License and Embargo metadata to CrossRefDeposit full text URIs with CrossRef ProspectSign CHORUS Pilot AgreementSend relevant content to archiving service Sign CHORUS Pilot AgreementSend relevant content to a host archive service
Please check out our live pilot dashboards and search service. 11 pilot publishers – ACS, AIP, APS, Elsevier, Wiley and OUP + AAAS, ACM, Sage, RSC, T&F13,000 records.90+ publisher signatories
CHORUS Board of Directors.
List of signatories as of January2014. New members joining every week.
Thank you! If you’d like to become a signatory, please contact Howard Ratner.
CHORUS Technical Working Group!
Whenever you develop a product or service you should identify the key stakeholders and figure out what might drive them to use such a service or in other words WHAT they want. We have defined around 10 personas but today I will only mention the top 5. Keep in mind, personas are about what the stakeholders desire. It does not mean that every desire can or should be delivered. Alan wants to * meet OSTP guidelines+ measure grantee and agency compliance with guidelines/mandate ++ show how his agency’s investments are having impact (ROI) + provide access
Rachel the Researcherobtain funding for her researchcomply with funding agency requirementsknow the sources of funding in her area of researchhave access to best available version (BAV*) of content in her research area
Lottie the Librarianhave access to best available version (BAV*) of content for her patrons or her own researchtext and data mine articles reporting on funded researchknow that articles reporting on funded research will be readily available in perpetuityhelp researchers comply with funding agency requirementsbuild discovery tools for researchers
Peter the Publichave access to best available version (BAV*) of content to research a problem/drive economic developmentsee what the government is fundinglearn the impact of specific agency grantsunderstand the latest developments in sciencehave content connected to learning tools
And Penny wants to:help her authors and their institutions comply with funder mandatesretain traffic on journal websites to better demonstrate value to librarians
No real time to do a live demo of FundRef, but this is one of the underlying components of the CHORUS service and many in the audience will be familiar with FundRef and how it works….American Institute of Physics, American Psychological Association, in pilotNow in Fund RefAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)American Diabetes AssociationAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)American Physical Society (APS)American Psychiatric PublishingAmerican Psychological Association (APA)American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)etc
We are making it very simple for Agencies to participate in CHORUSWhat Do Agencies need to do?Participate in CHORUSSign CHORUS Digital Preservation AgreementUse CHORUS and FundRef systems (websites or APIs)There will be no fees for the CHORUS basic service to Agencies.
If you would like to learn more about the service…please go to the CHORUS information site. It looks like this.