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OA policy developments

OA policy developments. Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd Truro, UK. 3 rd Open Access Conference, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 15-16 December 2008. 2008: A good news year on OA policies. More funders with policies More universities with policies

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OA policy developments

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  1. OA policy developments Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd Truro, UK 3rd Open Access Conference, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 15-16 December 2008

  2. 2008: A good news year on OA policies • More funders with policies • More universities with policies • Significantly, more governments willing to acknowledge OA and sign up to the principles Key Perspectives Ltd

  3. Open Access policies Key Perspectives Ltd

  4. Key Perspectives Ltd (Australian data courtesy of Arthur Sale)

  5. Key Perspectives Ltd (Australian data courtesy of Arthur Sale)

  6. Data courtesy of Arthur Sale Key Perspectives Ltd

  7. Case study: Minho University • Minho University, Braga, Portugal • Repository established 2003 • Mandate introduced 2005 when self-archiving rate dropped off • Mandate backed by financial incentives paid to departments Key Perspectives Ltd

  8. Minho University repository Mandate introduced (Data courtesy of Eloy Rodrigues) Key Perspectives Ltd

  9. What can policies say?* 1. Require publication in OA journals 2. Request (and encourage) OA via an IR (except where publishers do not allow) 3. Require OA via an IR (except where publishers do not allow) 4. Require OA via an IR and require authors to avoid non-allowing publishers 5. Require OA via an IR and permit opt-outs where publishers do not allow 6. Require deposit in the IR, no opt-out, but only make items OA if author or institution can get permission 7. Require deposit in the IR (no opt-out) but allow an opt-out on OA Adapted from Peter Suber’s list, SPARC OA Newsletter, April 2008 Key Perspectives Ltd

  10. Examples Key Perspectives Ltd

  11. Publisher permissions (by journal) Key Perspectives Ltd

  12. The funders • Led by the Wellcome Trust • Especially strong in the health sciences (NIH, CIHR, MRC, BBSRC…) • > 90% of UK biomedical research is now covered by a funder mandate • % US biomedical research covered by NIH? • Recent big ones: • European Research Council • European Commission (20% of FP7 funded research) • France: AgenceNationale de Recherche (Humanities & Social Sciences) Key Perspectives Ltd

  13. The universities Key Perspectives Ltd

  14. Daniel Coit Gilman First President, Johns Hopkins University Key Perspectives Ltd

  15. University of EdinburghStrategic Plan 2008-12 “The mission of our University is the creation, dissemination and curation of knowledge.” Key Perspectives Ltd

  16. University policies • Starting to grow • Mostly mandatory • The simplicity of the immediate deposit / later OA formula means more are adopting this • Where have the mandates been happening? • UK, Australia, Finland, France, Spain, Brazil, India …. • US: Harvard and Stanford: significant because these are REAL ‘bottom-up’ policies Key Perspectives Ltd

  17. What should we do next? • Continue the effort to persuade: • At government level Key Perspectives Ltd

  18. (New) Governments that have explicitly acknowledged OA in 2008 • Russia • India • Botswana • South Africa • Brazil Key Perspectives Ltd

  19. Australia’s lead “The arguments for stepping out first on open access are the same as the arguments for stepping out first on emissions trading – the more willing we are to show leadership on this, we more chance we have of persuading other countries to reciprocate.” Kim Carr Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research, Australia Key Perspectives Ltd

  20. What should we do next? • Continue the efforts to persuade: • At government level (e.g. Brazil) • At funder level (e.g. research councils, national funding agencies) • At institutional level Key Perspectives Ltd

  21. EurOpenScholar • Group of universities that wish to further Open Access and improve scholarly communication • Share the original university core values of dissemination and maximising the public good • Chair: Professor Bernard Rentier, rector of the University of Liège • Open to all institutions who subscribe to its values and aims • No longer just Europe (we need a new name!) • Membership is at senior management level • Contact: Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd

  22. Atéamanhã!¡hastamañana! aswan@keyperspectives.co.uk www.keyperspectives.co.uk www.keyperspectives.com Key Perspectives Ltd

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