This document discusses the roles of research libraries in open access publishing and research evaluation. It covers the UK policy push for open access driven by the Finch Report and RCUK policies. Research libraries now play a key role in managing funds for open access publication fees and supporting researchers' open access needs. The upcoming REF 2020 evaluation framework also requires open access availability for submissions, formalizing libraries' role in managing repositories. University presses, like UCL Press, can help address open access for monographs. Overall, open access is shifting libraries from storing knowledge to actively producing and disseminating research outputs.

1. UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
Open Access Publishing and
Research Evaluation: new
roles for research libraries
Dr Paul Ayris
Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright Officer
Chief Executive, UCL Press
President of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)
Chair of the LERU community of Chief Information Officers
e-mail: p.ayris@ucl.ac.uk

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Contents
1. UK Context
2. Gold APCs
3. HEFCE Policy
developments
4. University Presses
5. Conclusions
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3. UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
Contents
1. UK Context
2. Gold APCs
3. HEFCE Policy
developments
4. University Presses
5. Conclusions
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Context
q Finch Report (2012)
painted a future for
Gold OA for British
research outputs
q Report was accepted
by David Willetts,
Minister of State for
Universities & Science
q RCUK policy (2012)
also showed a
preference for Gold
OA outputs
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Policy positions
q The Research Councils
UK (RCUK) policy
supports both ‘Gold’ and
‘Green’ routes to Open
Access, though RCUK
has a preference for
immediate Open Access
with the maximum
opportunity for re-use
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q Clear policy direction
should be set towards
support for publication in
open access or hybrid
journals, funded by
APCs, as the main
vehicle for the publication
of research, especially
when it is publicly funded

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Contents
1. Context
2. Gold APCs
3. HEFCE Policy
developments
4. University Presses
5. Conclusions
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Strategy
q UCL OA strategy at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/
open-access/
q Cost of APCs should not be
a barrier to OA publication
q UCL has OA mandate at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/
publications-policy.shtml
q Monies from
qUCL Research budget
qRCUK, Wellcome, ERC
q Managed by UCL Library
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q Main stumbling block to
Gold OA is cost of APC
(Article Processing
Charges)
q Finch estimated average
APC as £1450 per article
q Government now
(31/1/14) calls for
publishers to reduce
subscription rates at
institutional level
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Policy Developments

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Who pays?
q Funders
q UCL
q Decision Tree at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
library/open-access/
plots path for
individual
researchers
q General OA Guide
also available
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APC payments
q JISC Collections trialling
a shared service to UK
universities
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q OAK will manage OA
funds held in universities
q And payments for APCs
for Gold OA publishing

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RCUK workflow process
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q Gold APC payments represent a challenge for
researchers to meet funder requirements, but a real
opportunity for research libraries to support them

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Contents
1. Context
2. Gold APCs
3. HEFCE Policy
developments
4. University Presses
5. Conclusions
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HEFCE policy for REF 2020
q Research Excellence
Framework (REF) is a
system for assessing the
quality of research in UK
higher education
institutions (HEIs)
q Funding bodies use the
assessment outcomes
to inform the selective
allocation of their
research funding to HEIs
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REF 2020
q New HEFCE policy
mandates OA for all
research outputs submitted
to REF 2020
q Journal articles and
Conference Proceedings
are in scope
q Monographs are out of
scope
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REF 2020
q Full text has to sit in, or be
accessible from, a subject
or institutional repository
q Green or Gold equally
acceptable
q Embargo periods are the
same as those stipulated
by RCUK
q Deposit is at the point of
acceptance by the
publisher, not date of
publication
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UCL Special Collections, Sir Isaac Newton:
Principia Mathematica, 1st ed. (London,
1687)

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REF 2020
q Mandate kicks in on 1 April 2016, but…
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Contents
1. Context
2. Gold APCs
3. HEFCE Policy
developments
4. University Presses
5. Conclusions
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The view from Arts and Humanities?
http://blog.historians.org
/2012/09/aha-statement-on-
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scholarly-journal-publishing
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Monograph Publishing
q Is Open Access a solution to
broken Business Model?
q University Press takes on
role as monograph
publisher
q Long form monographs,
peer reviewed
q Short monographs in AHSS
– new publishing format?
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of Hours, with 19th century additions. MS.
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UCL Press
q UCL Press was (re-)born
on 1 August 2013
q Department of UCL Library
Services
q Open Access Press
qResearch monographs in
Arts, Humanities, Social
Sciences
qJournals
qTextbooks
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UCL Special Collections, E. Thorpe, Nursery
Rhymes for Fighting Times (London, 1916)

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Textbooks
q Successful in a JISC funding
for OA e-textbooks
q 2 exemplars will help build e-textbook
infrastructure
qPublic Archaeology, based on
curriculum at UCL
qBurns, Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, based
on UCL M.Sc course
q E-Textbooks suitable for UK
curricula difficult to source
q Universities can publish their
own
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UCL Special Collections, Hans von Gersdorff,
Feldtbuch der Wundartzney (Strassbourg, 1530)

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Shared European infrastructure for
monographs?
q 19 European partners, led by UCL
q European universities can become
publishers themselves
q Shared publishing infrastructure
with Open Access business models
q Research monographs in the Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences
q OAPEN to provide some technical
infrastructure
q To be launched from UCL in 2014
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25. UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
Contents
1. Context
2. Gold APCs
3. HEFCE Policy
developments
4. University Presses
5. Conclusions
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Conclusions
q Scholarly Communication
places the Library at the heart
of the research and education
process
qSupporting OA dissemination,
especially via Gold APC
payments
qResearch Evaluation exercises
(such as REF) make the
repository, managed by the
Library, a central service
qUniversity-based publishing can
transform the role of the Library,
not simply now a storekeeper but
UCL Special Collections, the Centenary
a producer of knowledge outputs edition of the College Magazine, June 1927
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And finally…
q Thanks for listening
q Happy to answer any
questions
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