Using technology to improve quality in education

Using technology to improve quality in education – 3 Ian Johnson agosto 2008 Ud. R, Bogota,

OVERVIEW v Institutional Repositories (IRs) v Challenges for Open Access publishers Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008

EVOLUTION OF IRs Thesis collections ØPaper • Secure and inaccessible • Vandalism and theft v E-thesis projects v Awareness of potential of Institutional Repositories v Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 3

TECHNICAL QUALITY v Open source Ø Affordable Ø DSpace or e. Prints? • Technical skills? v Maintenance by IT service Ø Software implementation Ø Content back-up Ø Server capacity for expansion Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 4

WINNING SUPPORT v Time and effort Ø Technical scrutiny Ø Financial scrutiny v Staff buy-in Ø Project management • Interdisciplinary team Ø Strong user group Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 5

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY v v v Ph. D theses Ø Regulation on deposit AND access Ø Embedded copyright cleared Masters Degree theses? Journal articles? Ø Peer reviewed? Ø Post-print? • Open access Ø ROMEO list Ø Links from staff publications database? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 6

NEXT STEPS v Retrospective digitisation? v Multimedia Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 7

RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPERS v SHERPA project Øhttp: //www. sherpa. ac. uk/ v DRAMBORA project Øhttp: //www. repositoryaudit. eu Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 8

Questions? Comments? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008

OPEN ACCESS FUTURE? v Librarians are enthusiastic v Researchers and their funding agencies are more cautious v Commercial publishing companies are sceptical, but willing to experiment Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 10

DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES v Need for rapid publication v Importance of retrospective coverage Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 11

QUALITY INCURS COSTS v Editorial work Ø Advocacy and acquiring papers Ø Preparation for publication • Proofreading • Checking citations • Layout v Indexing by search engines Ø Registration Ø Metadata provision v Citation linking Web citation preservation v Marketing and promotion v Ø Table of Contents alerts Ø Aggregators’ coverage Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 12

QUALITY REQUIRES SUSTAINABILITY Regularity of publication v Continuation of support ØStart-up funding, then…? ØIndividual enthusiasm or corporate commitment? ØAuthor fees – who pays? v Archiving and preservation v Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 13

AUTHOR PARTICIPATION Access, visibility, and impact v Linguistic issues v Perceptions of ‘vanity publishing’ v Quality control, peer review and impact evaluation ØDevelopments in citation analysis services v Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 14

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES Additional quality issues: v Research reports or journal papers? v Publishers’ attitudes to deposit and contracts with authors v Mandatory or voluntary deposit? v Retention of former employees’ papers? v Branding? v Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 15

THE WAY AHEAD? INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES v Do Institutional Repositories have a significant role to play in supplying quality teaching materials? Ø Will acquiring content be a problem in Latin America? Ø Where will the repositories be registered? Ø How can the adequacy of the metadata be assured? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 16

THE WAY AHEAD? PUBLISHING IN SPANISH v How could academics be encouraged to publish more and better quality material in Portuguese and Spanish? v Will the new potential for inclusion in ISI’s Citation Indexes encourage journal editors and publishers to change current practices? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 17

THE WAY AHEAD? RETRO-DIGITISATION v Which journals could (or should) be made available online? v Where will complete collections be found? v Is the effort worthwhile? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 18

THE WAY AHEAD? AFFORDABILITY v Can regular publication of OA journals be assured? v Who will cover the paper submission charges of the commercial publishing companies? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 19

THE WAY AHEAD? ACCESSIBILITY v How could the indexes to e-journals be improved? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 20

THE FUTURE SCENE? OPEN ACCESS What roles could Open Access publishing play in delivering quality learning resources? v Open access - Green - self archived papers ØRepositories v Open access – Gold – journals free to users ØOA journals, Hybrids or delayed OA? v Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 21

THE FUTURE SCENE? COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING v What role will commercial publishing companies play? Markets and prices v New business models? ØPay as you go? v v Open access for readers? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 22

THE FUTURE SCENE? What is the future for university publishers? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008 23

Questions? Comments? Ud. R, Bogota, agosto 2008