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Open access & health research. Presented by Shannon Gordon @ the Health Sciences Library February 1, 2011. We’ll explore. The basics of OA Changing expectations of research funders Journal permissions in a nutshell Demystifying PubMed Central Canada Local support for authors & researchers.
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Open access & health research Presented by Shannon Gordon @ the Health Sciences Library February 1, 2011
We’ll explore • The basics of OA • Changing expectations of research funders • Journal permissions in a nutshell • Demystifying PubMed Central Canada • Local support for authors & researchers
Defining open access (OA) “Open access is the principle that research should be accessible online, for free, immediatelyafter publication.” (CARL & SPARC, p.3) “If an article is ‘Open Access’ it means that it can be freely accessed by anyone in the world using an internet connection.” (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/guidance/authors.html#whatoa)
What exists? • ~ 6000 peer-reviewed titles
The numbers • The U.S. publishes the most OA titles: 1100+ • Canada is in 7th place with 179
If you receive research funding • Be aware of new & changing research funder policies • ~ 20 policies in Canada, such as:
CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs • Launched Jan 1/08 • Applies to whole or partial CIHR funding • Within 6 months of publication, make research output available via:
A useful tool • Research funders’ open access policies & requirements
PubMed Central Canada (PMCC) • CIHR/CISTI/NRC collaboration • Exists for CIHR funded research output • Deposited articles are automatically put in PubMed Central & PubMed Central UK • PubMed contains all PubMed Central articles
Where can I archive my articles? • Publishing in an OA journal is just one option • Consider depositing work in an OA repository • 1800+ repositories worldwide • ~ 40 in the Health Sciences
Be Google-able • Deposit pre/post-prints, finished data sets, conference papers, presentations & reports
Subject specific • Joint initiative with the Faculty of Medicine • Deposit published output
Summing up • OA fundamentals • Research funders & journal permission policies • PubMed Central Canada has hopefully been demystified! • Awareness of local open access support Questions?
Recommended Readings • Canadian Association of Research Libraries. (2005). CARL institutional repository program. Retrieved from http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/institutional_repositories/institutional _repositories-e.html. • Harnad, S. (February 2010). The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies. The Open Citation Project – Reference linking and citation analysis for open archives. Retrieved from http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html. • Scholarly Publishing Roundtable. (2010). Report and recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable. Retrieved from http://www.aau.edu/policy/scholarly_publishing_roundtable.aspx?id=6894. • Shearer, K. A review of emerging models in Canadian academic publishing. Retrieved March 15, 2010, from https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/24008.