Green Open Access -Shane Beers
-unfortunately, far more complex than one might expect
What is green open access?
-making a digital document freely available on the Web -frequently referred to as "self-archiving"
-most frequently peer-reviewed research journal & conference articles
-first explicitly proposed in 1994
-important: NOT self-publishing
Why care about green OA?
-OA repositories allow institutions to manage, store, & showcase research
-potentially maximizes the usage & impact of univ research output
-potential new ways to monitor metrics for promotion & tenure
advangates of green OA
-making preprint OA before publication may hasten & increase citations
-OA postprints immediatly upon publication can do the same
-an OA document is frequently downloaded more often
methods of green OA
-locally hosted repository software (DSpace, Fedora, EPrints)
-externally hosted repositories utilizing same software
-subject-based repositories (Arxiv, RePec, E-LIS)
who is using OA content
-other researchers!
-"serials crisis" makes it difficult or impossible for libs to afford every sci journal
-developing countries lack funds for expensive journals
-people outside academia -OA material can be accessed by anyone
lack of adoption
-2008 study stated 19.4% of 346,000 sci articles published in 2006 were either gold or green OA
-about 15% of institutional research is spontaneously self-archived
-even incentives only increase self-archiving to about 30%
external barriers to adoption
-researchers themselves ->traditions, slow to change, competitive environment, may not care about OA
-copyright complications ->concerns researchers, large amount of work for staff, post-print legal issues
-publishers fear OA threatens them ->concern for loss of income, viability
internal barriers to adoption
-repositories are NOT self-sustaining
-requires top-down dedication from administration
-costs: internal management vs. external hosting
-staff to support IR: single "repository rat" model is RARELY SUCCESSFUL (Dorothea Salo)
-software platforms rarely meet needs
open access mandates
-only way to guarantee 100% self-archiving is to require it w/ a mandate
-first OA mandates in 2003
-RORAMAP (registry of open access repository material archiving policies)
-[missed]
-important US mandates: Harvard & MIT faculty, NIH Open Access made permanent
-some international surveys indicate 95% of faculty would comply w/ a self-archiving mandate, 80% willingly
future of green OA?
-hopefully more mandates
-peer-reviewed green OA repositories
-repositories becoming sets of services rather than silos of material
-integrating green OA repositories into researcher workflow
conclusions
-growing trend of green OA awareness & support
-even w/ institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, & mandates, not even 20% of research OA
-library's role not straightforward, but certainly play a substantial part in supporting OA
Open Access & Academic Libraries -Amy Buckland
gold open access
-no price barriers
-no permission barriers
open journal systems
-part of the Public Knowledge Project
-journal management system
-locally installed
-chock full o' metadata
e.g. First Monday, McGill Journal of Education, Library Student Journal
library student journal
-open access, peer-reviewed, international
-hosted at LISHost
-run by volunteers (all currently in LIS programs except Amy)
in your library
who
-publisher: your library (everything is running & the bills are paid)
-editors/editorial board: faculties, deptartments, centres, associations
-authors/reviewers: not your concern (you just help put together)
when/where
-now
-your library
why
-publication models are changing
-many granting agencies require gold or green publishing practices
-makes the research output of your university available to everyone
how
-digital collections/services group
-install is easy (OJS in an Hour)
-getting the word out is hard
-coordinate the installation
-make MARC records available
-ensure journals are indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals
so what?
-build relationships between faculty & the library
-direct involvement in research output
-great marketing tool
-OA publications have no barriers
-future: collaboration with university presses?
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