Overview of Open Access in 2010 Dr Paul

Overview of Open Access in 2010 Dr Paul Ayris Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright Officer President of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) E-mail: p. ayris@ucl. ac. uk; Web: UCL; LIBER

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Open Access Repositories http: //www. opendoar. org/

Content Types in Open. DOAR repositories worldwide http: //www. opendoar. org/

Growth in Open. DOAR database http: //www. opendoar. org/

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European Research Theses q DART-Europe q At http: //www. dart-europe. eu q The principal gateway for the discovery and the retrieval of Open Access research theses in Europe q As of 24 April 2011 q 202, 536 Open Access research theses indexed q From 335 Universities in 19 European countries q Run by UCL Library Services on behalf of LIBER

Institution/ Country/ Consortium Local/National Platforms & Access UK IR France IR Germany IR Spain/ Nordic Ireland Catalonia countries IR IRs OAI European Platform DART-Europe portal Discovery & Delivery Researchers Belgium IRs etc. IRs

European Research Theses q Research theses gain more visibility when available in electronic format, preferably Open Access q Good for research and good for the researcher q DART-Europe now a target for SFX link resolver q Preferred mode of working is for DART-Europe to work with national aggregators q DART-Europe working with Europeana to model DARTEurope providing the European view on E-Theses q Part of the Europeana Libraries project

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UCL Case Study q UCL has an Open Access mandate q In the first phase, UCL´s Academic Board, in May 2009, agreed two principles to underpin UCL’s publication activity and to support its scholarly mission: q That, copyright permissions allowing, a copy of all research outputs should be deposited in the UCL repository in Open Access q The second phase of implementing the mandate was accomplished in Autumn 2010 when UCL’s Academic Board ratified a formal Publications Policy which expands on the two principles agreed in 2009

UCL Case Study q Close collaboration in the University’s Academic Board and liaison with academic colleagues has been important in taking forward a broad Open Access policy in UCL q A second important driver has been the linking of UCL’s Open Access mandate to a pan-university Publications Policy with Open Access as the result, copyright permissions allowing

UCL Case Study q UCL Discovery is UCL’s Open Access repository q As of March 2011, the number of full-text deposits were:

UCL Case Study q In 2010 q almost 532, 000 records were downloaded from the system, q compared to some 305, 000 in 2009. q UCL Discovery received some 143, 000 hits per day in December 2010 q 76% of its user traffic came from search engines q UCL Discovery is a global service q Highest number of downloads in 2010 by country were from the UK, with the second highest from USA, and the third highest from China

UCL Case Study q All UCL’s work has, thus far, been directed towards implementing the Green route for Open Access q Aligning copyright/IPR frameworks q Producing a UCL Publications Policy, approved by the academic Senate q Building capacity in terms of infrastructure to support the move towards Open Access q Putting in place workflows to support the new processes q What is the role for the Gold route?

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UCL E-Publishing initiatives q UCL Publications Board favours work in 4 broad areas: q Research publications, particularly research monographs and conference proceedings q Teaching support, particularly textbooks q Journal publication q Data publication q UCL is minded to take forward work in all these areas, in a phased way

UCL E-Publishing initiatives q Journal Publishing q There is great interest in UCL in developing an overlay journal publishing system, based on copy housed in UCL Discovery, the institutional Open Access repository q Development work being planned would build on the earlier successful RIOJA project (2008) q See http: //discovery. ucl. ac. uk/11927/

UCL E-Publishing Initiatives q RIOJA project investigated the feasibility of an overlay journal model in collaboration with ar. Xiv q RIOJA toolkit comprised a set of XML-based APIs for the exchange of data between digital repositories and journals to facilitate overlaying of academic journals on several digital repositories q Overlay Journals have to address issues known to conventional publishing q Peer review q Sustainable Business Models q Academic buy-in q EPICURE now being funded by the JISC as a generic overlay journal project for Universities

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LERU q A consortium of 22 research-intensive universities in Europe q See http: //www. leru. org/index. php/public/home/. q LERU is committed to q Education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding q Creation of new knowledge through basic research, which is the ultimate source of innovation in society q Promotion of research across a broad front, which creates a unique capacity to re-configure activities in response to new opportunities and problems q The purpose of the League is to advocate these values, to influence policy in Europe and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience

LERU q LERU wants to know what position, if any, it should take on the Open Access debate q General meeting of LERU Chief Information Officers/University Librarians in December 2009 q Appointed a Working Group to draw up a LERU Roadmap towards Open Access q Road Map is now with LERU Vice-Chancellors for consideration. Outcome should be known by the end of May 2011

LERU q Purpose of the Roadmap is to offer guidance on how to position your University in the European Open Access landscape q Builds on the Open Access Statement of the European Universities Association q See http: //www. eua. be/eua-work-and-policy-area/research-andinnovation/Open-Access. aspx q A Roadmap for all European Universities, not just LERU members

LERU Roadmap addresses … q Open Access in a wider context: Open Scholarship and Open Knowledge q Advocacy Statement on behalf of LERU Universities q The LERU Roadmap – an Exposition q The Green route for Open Access – Steps to Take q LERU and the Gold route for Open Access q Models of Best Practice to support the Roadmap q Benefits for researchers, Universities and Society q LERU is considering funding for a pan-European implementation of the Roadmap

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Conclusions q European Universities are: q Developing sustainable services, using Open Access protocols, which bring greater visibility to European research q Creating pan-European partnerships, with innovative project funding, to develop cutting-edge projects to support the European user q Developing tools for all European Universities to tackle the Open Access agenda

If you have been… q Thanks for listening q Happy to answer questions